>>ORLANDO GUDES: THE MEETING WILL NOW COME TO ORDER FOR AUGUST 26, 2021. I BELIEVE MR. CARLSON, YOU HAVE AN INVOCATION. >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS MY LAST ONE. THANK YOU, SIR. I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE REVEREND MICHAEL CANNON, THE ASSOCIATE RECTOR OF ST. JOHN EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE OF HYDE PARK AND THEIR SCHOOL AND A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES IN SOUTH TAMPA. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE ERIKA AND FOUR GROWN CHILDREN. HE IS ORIGINALLY FROM UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AFTER GRADUATING FROM WASHINGTON LEE UNIVERSITY. HE HAD AN EXTENSIVE CAREER IN TECHNOLOGY AND RECEIVED HIS MASTERS OF DIVINITY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, SWAUNNEE, AND WAS ORDAINED AS A PRIEST IN ST. JOHNS IN 2013. IN ADDITION TO HIS LIT TUR GAL, HE HOSTS THE JUSTICE INITIATIVES. IF EVERYONE CAN STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: CAN I.T. TURN THE VOLUME UP. WE CAN'T HEAR IN THE CHAMBERS, PLEASE. WE DID THE INTRODUCTION ALR ALREADY. >> LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY GOD, WE PRAISE YOU AND WE BLESS YOU. WE LOVE YOU AND WE NEED YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF THIS NEW DAY, FOR ITS OPPORTUNITIES D FOR ITS CHALLENGES. BEHOLD AND VISIT WE PRAY THE CITY OF TAMPA, POUR OUT ON HER AND ITS PEOPLE A FRESH BLE BLESSING. SEND DOWN UPON THESE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS AND THEIR STAFFS THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, CHARITY AND JUSTICE. THAT WITH STEADFAST PURPOSE THEY MAY FAITHFULLY SERVE IN THEIR OFFICES TO PROTE THE WELL BEING OF ALL PEOPLE. RENEW THE TIES OF MUTUAL REGARD WHICH FORM OUR CIVIC LIFE. WHEN WE DISAGREE, LET THERE BE RESPECT AND COMPROMISE. WHEN WE ARE DISCOURAGED, GIVE US A RESUPPLY OF HOPE. WHERE THERE IS DIFFICULTY, SHOW US THE WAY. INSPIRE US, LORD GOD, TO CARE FOR THE POOR AND THE MARGINALIZED, THOSE WITHOUT VOICE OR POWER. HELP US TO ELIMINATE ALL PREJUDICE HATRED AND OPPRESSION. WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK FROM COVID. TOO MANY ARE SICK. TOO MANY HAVE DIED. WE PRAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF TO SCIENCE FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH. WE PRAY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS. WE PRAY FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHERS. MAY THE RICH VARIETY OF OUR CULTURES AND INTERESTS WHICH SO CHARACTERIZE OUR CITY BE OUR STRENGTH. MAY WE FIND IN OUR UNITY THE FLOURISHING OF OUR EARTHLY H HOME. FINALLY, LORD GOD, GIVE US A STEWARD'S HEART FOR THE LAND, SKY, WATER, AND ALL OTHER RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL. %-@D GOD, WHICH WE HUMBLY OFFER FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR LOVE. AMEN. LEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNTY ATTORNEY. AUGUST 26, 2021 IS A MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL BEING CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE, IN-PERSON QUORUM, AS YOU HEARD, OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 GOVERNMENT ISSUE HEALTH STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE IN EFFECT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO TELECONFERENCE THROUGH RULES AS COMMUNICATION VIDEO TECHNOLOGY. ABLE TO BE AIRED ON CNNEL40 AND CHANNEL 15 ON FRONTIER AND ON THE INTERNET AT TAMP TAMPA.GOV/LIVE STREAM. NOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH CITY COUNCIL BY SENDING WRITTEN COMMENTS OR WEB, BY E-MAIL, BY U.S. MAIL. AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE USE OF CMT AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THE CITY COU COUNCIL'S WEB PAGE AT TAMP TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL. NOW IF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO SPEAK DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY OR WISH TO COME INTO CITY COUNCIL, THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING VIA COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DURING THIS HYBRID LIVE VIRTUAL MEETING AT OLD CITY HALL, 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD ON THE SECOND FLOOR. PLEASE NOTE THAT USE OF MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING INSIDE THE BUILDING ARE ENCOURAGED. NOW, SPECIFIC COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE HEARD WHEN THEY APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. OTRWISE, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS AVAILABLE BY PREREGISTERING AS I SAID AND APPEARING ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAIL VISIBLE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY WILL BE AFFORDED EQUAL CONSIDERATION AS IF THE COMMENTS WERE MADE IN PERSON. AGAIN, I ASK CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THESE RULES TEMPORARILY CONTINUING FOR THE MOTION OF COUNCIL PURSUANT TO THE NOTICE OF HYBRID, LIVE AND VIRTUAL MEETING AND THE RULES SET FORTH IN THE AGENDA BY A MOTION PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NOTION ADOPT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOTION. SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR. OPPOSED. WE HAVE A LONG LENGTHY AGENDA AND ASK THAT WE BE ON TIME AND ANY POINTS OF DIRECTION TO STAFF OR COMMENTS, WE ASK THAT WE GET RIGHT TO THE POINT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE IT GET THE PRESENTATIONS IN. THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT BEFORE OUR MEETINGS. WE WILL GO DOWN AND MR. DINGFELDER ASKED TO PUT ITEM NUMBER 5, 6 AND4. IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: CAMARIA IS IN REFERENCE TO 44 AND THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR AND APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER FOR THE CRB, CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD. AND WE WILL GET TO THAT. ASK US TO GO THROUGH THE AG AGENDA. GO TO THE STAFF REPORT TO SEE IF WE NEED TO RELEASE ANYBODY. ITEM NUMBER 86 WILL BE CONTINUED TO THIS EVENING, CORRECT, MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN. WITH REGARD TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8 -- DID YOU SAY 86? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEM NUMBER 86 IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WILL BE OPEN AND CONTINUED SOME TIME AFTER 10:30 A.M. AND WILL BE CONTINUED TO 6 P.M., A TIME CERTAIN, WHEN THE -- ACTUALLY 6 P.M. WHEN THE PUBLIC LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT THAT TIME. SO IF YOU ARE PREREGISTERED FOR ITEM NUMBER 86, THAT WILL BE OPENED AND JUST CONTINUED SOME TIME AFTER 10:30. THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE AT 6 P.M. TONIGHT. MR. CHAIRMAN, I AM WONDERING -- I UNDERSTAND THAT THE -- THAT THE APPOINTEE TO THE POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD IS UNDER A TIME CONSTRAINT. I AM WONDERING A POINT DURING CEREMONIAL THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS PERSON'S COMMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL TAKE IT, MR. SHELBY. T TO 63. 63 IS REMOVED BECAUSE -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: DUPLICATIVE. THAT IS PART OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND ADD ADDENDUM. NUMBER 63 SHOULD BE STRUCK. AND I BELIEVE IF THERE IS NO OTHER ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS TO THE AGENDA NOT SET FORTH, A MOTION TO APPROVE, PLEASE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED TO AS PRESENTED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND. SEND.ANDO GUDES: MOTION AND A ALL IN FAVOR. ANY OPPOSED. GO TO STAFF AND SEE IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO BE RELEASED. I KNOW THE CHIEF OF STAFF WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COVID SITUATION AND TALK OF THE AGENDA REVIEW YESTERDAY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU SEE A LOT OF THEM DA IN HERE. IF -- MEMORANDA IN HERE. IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH THEM INDIVIDUALLY SO STAFF CAN FOLLOW ALONG AND KNOW THAT THE STAFF WHO IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR OR THEY CAN BE RELEASED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 88. >>MARTIN SHELBY: BEFORE YOU START, MR. CHAIRMAN. AN ADMINISTRATION UPDATE AND YOU MENTIONED THAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 88. YES, MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST A QUICK COMMENT. WHEN I TALKED TO STAFF IN THE BRIEFING. I SUGGESTED SINCE THIS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL AND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF PROFESSIONALISM OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, I THINK THEY SHOULD COME BACK AND PRESENT THIS IN DETAIL TO THE PUBLIC AND SEE ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE DONE. DOESN'T HAVE TO DO EXACTLY WITH 88 BUT SEEMS TO BE A BIG SUCCESS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION THIS AFTERNOON OF THE ADMINISTRATION COMING FORWARD. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO QUESTIONS FOR 88? >>BILL CARLSON: NONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 9. 89 GOES WITH NUMBER 90. TALK TO MR. B AIRD WITH BOTH OF THOSE. KIND OF SATISFIED WITH THOSE. 91? 92? 93? 94? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK -- YES, I WOULD LIKE DENNIS TO SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER WOULD LIKE STAFF HERE FOR 94. 95? >>MARTIN SHELBY: A MOTION TO CONTINUE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO CONTINUE ON 95. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I WILL CONTINUE THAT OCTOBER 28 AT 9 A.M. >>MARTIN SHELBY: STAFF REPORTS PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION -- DINGFELDER DANGERFIELD W WORKSHOP. >>MARTIN SHELBY: A WORKSHOP. I APOLOGIZE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 95 CONTINUED TO 28 FOR A WORK SHOP. OCTOBER 28, ITEM NUMBER 95. MOTION CARRIED. ITEM NUMBER 96. >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS MINE. IN THE INTEREST OF -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON 96. I WANT TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THAT. I SAID I WILL PULL -- TIRED OF GOING ROUND AND ROUND. I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IS NEEDED TOET TS PROJECT DONE AT THE PARK. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MY MOTION DEALT WITH VILLA BROTHERS AS AN ADD-ON, DISABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY IN ALL OF OUR CITY PARKS. I CAN ASK BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT, BUT FOR STAFF'S PURPOSES, IF I ASK A QUESTION IT WILL BE ONE OR TWO. IF YOU WERE GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS, I CAN ASK ONE OR TWO BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THIS BEING LONG. >>MARTIN SHELBY: STAFF IS REQUESTED ON NUMBER 96. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SHOULD BE REAL BRIEF. ITEM NUMBER 97. >>LUIS VIERA: MYSELF SIR. I DO NOT NEED ANYONE HERE. WE HAVE HAUL BUDGET BRIEFS. I DID THAT AS A REMINDER JUST IN CASE WE HAD TO BRING THAT ISSUE UP. WE ARE PRETTY DARN GOOD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 98? ANYTHING ON 98? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DID WE GET -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DINGFELDER CHAPTER 14, MR. SHELBY? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHERE ARE YOU TALKING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ITEM NUMBER 98, CHAPTER 14. REMIND ME WHAT THAT IS? >>MARTIN SHELBY: A PRESENTATION OF -- I BELIEVE IT IS THE SOUND ISSUE. I THINK -- I BELIEVE THAT STAFF HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION ON THAT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, WE WILL LEAVE THAT ONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 99. I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS -- I HAVE GOT CALLS IN REFERENCE TO COMMUNITIES YESTERDAY, AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE GOING TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD. I DON'T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO GET STREAMLINE WITH THAT. WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: STAFF PRESENT ON 99. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES ITEM 100. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ITEM 100 IS A PRESENTATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: OKAY. 101 PRESENT AS WELL, LAND DEVELOPMENT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 102, A PRESENTATION. 103? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AM GOOD, THANK YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: 103, STAFF NOT NECESSARY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. I GOT MY INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 104 REPORT IN REFERENCE TO 5 G. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I AM OKAY ON THIS. I HAVE GOTTEN PLENTY OF INFORMATION AND I THINK IT IS POTENTIAL LITIGATION NOW SO -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK SO 104 WITH THE 5 G. I DID SPEAK WITH RON WIGGINTON. HE HAS A BRIEF -- I WOULDN'T SAY UPDATE BUT A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THIS COUNCIL CAN DO, WHAT THE LEGISLATURE SAYS WE CAN'T DO. I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THAT AND WHERE THEY STAND ON THAT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: STAFF HAS REQUESTED ON 104 THEN? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, 104. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THA YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 105 IS A RESOLUTION. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT, MR. SHELBY. MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. MR. SHELBY, WE WILL GET INTO PRESENTATIONS AND COMMEN COMMENDATIONS. I THINK MR. CITRO IS DOWN BE BELOW. MR. CITRO? >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I HAD TO QUIET THE CROWD DOWN. THEY ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS AND COMMENDATIONS TO OUR FIRE FIGHTERS AND TO OUR TPD OFFICERS. AND IN INTEREST OF TIME AND AGREEABLE TO OUR CHAIR, WE ARE GOING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE TPD OFFICERS OR THE FIRE FIGHTER DOESN'T DESERVE THE RECOG RECOGNITION, BUT, AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE ARE GOING TO BE GIVING THE COMMENDATIONS TO THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND -- FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS FIRST AND ANY ACCOLADES WILL BE GIVEN LATER. FROM OURARTNS AT BUSCH GARDENS BUCCANEERS COLUMBIA RESTAURANT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO I WANT TO PRESENT THE FIRST TPD OFFICER, OFFICER JAMES NG TANG WHO IS THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR JULY. AGED ALWAYS START OFF THESE COMMENDATIONS BY SAYING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THESE OFFICERS GO THROUGH, PLEASE, PLEASE ATTEND THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. I AM A GRADUATE OF THAT. I DID THAT MANY YEARS AGO. AND SOME PEOPLE WILL COME UP AND WILL BE TALKING, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THEIR EXPERIENCE OF THE POLICE ACADEMY FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA. IT ONLY SCRATCHES THE SURFACE, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT THESE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY DAY. CHIEF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS OFFICER IS THE RECIPIENT OF THIS COMMENDATION FOR JULY. >> THANK YOU, R. MORNING COUNCIL. REUBEN DELGADO, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING TWO AWARDS FOR JULY AND AUGUST OF OFFICER OF THE MONTH. WE HAVE OVER 1,000 OFFICERS AND PICK 12 OF THESE OFFICERS A YEAR THAT DO SOMETHING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS THAT STAND OUT AMONG OTHERS. FOR JULY OF 2021, OFFICER JAMES NG TANG IS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH. AND HE IS CURRENTLY ON OUR MOTORCYCLE SQUAD. HE HAS BEEN HERE FOR 21 YEARS. NO JUST A PATROL TAKING SQUAD. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US AS AN AGENCY. HE IS OUR LEAD MOTOR INSTRUCTOR FOR THE SQUAD. SO THE NEW MOTOR OFFICER CANDIDATES THAT WANT TO BE ON THIS SQUAD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PRETTY INCENSE 80-HOUR MOTOR SCHOOL AND 40-HOUR TACTICAL SCHOOL AND THIS IS TO JUST PREPARE THEM FOR BEING HOURS ON THE ROAD, BEING ABLE TO TAKE MANEUVERS THAT WILL SAVE LIVES, CITIZENS AND THEMSELVES. IT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THAT WE HAVE.E SPECIALTY TEAMS HISTORICALLY THE FAILURE RATE -- IT WAS TWO IN TEN USUALLY TO PASS THE CLASS. THAT IS HOW DIFFICULT THE CLASS WAS. SINCE OFFICER JAMES NG TANG WAS TAKEN OVER AS LEAD INSTRUCTOR WE HAVE SEEN WHERE OUR PASS RATE IS EIGHT IN TEN. HE IS GETTING THE MESSAGE TO THE OFFICERS IN THE CANDIDATE SCHOOL. GETTING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING IT FILLED. LEADING TO REDUCTION IN OUR INJURIES. REDUCTION OF OUR CRASHES AND SAFER STREETS AND COPS BEING SAFER ON THE ROAD AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO THAT OICER NG TANG DEVELOPED THE CURRICULUM OF THE TAMPA SMART CLASS, OR THE SAFE MOTORCYCLE TECHNIQUES COURSE. TWO-DAY MOTORCYCLE CLASS FOR CIVILIAN MOTORCYCLES THAT WE PUT ON FREE OF CHARGE FOR THE CITIZENS. THIS BASICALLY IS A CLASS THAT GIVES THEM SOME KNOWLEDGE OF STREET SAFETY, SOME TACTICS OF HOW TO PREPARE TO DRIVE ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY, AND BASICALLY, WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO, THERE IS NOW A WAITING LIST TO GET IN THAT CLASS AND WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IS CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT TO DRIVE IN THE CITY POTENTIALLY LOWER THE MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES IN THE CITY AND SOMETHING HE TAKES PRIDE IN AND THE CITIZENS ARE RESPONDING WELL AS THERE IS A LONG WAITING LIST TO GET INTO THOSE CLASSES. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HE DOES THAT GOES UNNOTICED WITH THE MOTHERER SQUAD. ALL THE PARADES WE ASK HIM TO DO. ALL THE ESCORTS. ANY PRESIDENTIAL VISITS THAT COME INTO TOWN, HE IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE MOTOR SQUAD AND DOES IT WITHOUT ASKING AND ADJUSTS HIS SCHEDULE. WITH THAT AND ALL THE HE IS DOING TO KEEP THE STREETS SAFE WITH MOTORCYCLE SAFETY. OFFICER NG TANG HAS BEEN AWARDED THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH. [APPLAUSE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOW OFFICER, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DUBBED ME SCOOTER JOE AND I LIKE TO RIDE THE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS AROUND, BU AS YOU AND I DISCUSSED I AM A HARLEY RIDER AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE AT THE END OF THE DAY RIDING A MOTORCYCLE AROUND THE CITYF TAA BUT I WILL TELL THE CITIZENS, BEWARE. BEWARE, YOU CAN NOT SEE THESE MOTORCYCLE COPS BEHIND TREES AND THEY HAVE THEIR RADAR GUNS AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR YOU. BEWARE. [ LAUGHTER ] OFFICER NG TANG, BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION OFFICER OF THE MONTH WITH CITY OF TAMPA. AND WOULD LE TOECOGZE YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH YOU SERVE. WE COMMEND YOU FOR EMPOWERING MOTHER THE MOTORISTS, MOTORCYCLISTS TO KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE. IN THIS HONOR THE CITY OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENT OFFICER JAMES NG TANG WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON AUGUST 26, 2 2021. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE BEHIND YOU THAT YOU NEED TO INTRODUCE. >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A WELCOME SURPRISE. LET ME ALSO SAY THIS, THAT WE HAVE A SQUAD OF 15 MEMBERS. AND ON OUR SQUAD, WE ALSO HAVE FIVE OTHER INSTRUCTORS THAT ACTUALLY HELP IN KEEPING THE SQUAD SAFE. AS FAR AS THE CIVILIAN MOTORCYCLE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE GOING ON, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST NOT -- NOT A ONE-MAN SHOW. I HAVE EIGHT TO TEN OTHER GUYS THAT ACTUALLY CARRY ON WITH ME WHEN WE PUT THIS COURSE ON. SO THESE ACCOLADES I SHARE WITH THE SQUAD, AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] LET ME INTRODUCE MY WIFE. THIS IS DEBRA. AND ALL THE -- ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT I HAVE PUT ON AND ALL THE -- ALL THE -- LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, SHE IS AN ENGLISH MAJOR. AND SHE DID ALL THE CORRECTING ON ALL MY PROGRAMS AND POWERPOINTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, YES, I DO SHARE THIS WITH HER. [ LAUGHTER ] AND MOM. [APPLAUSE] LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS IS MY MOM PATRICIA. >> HI. >> PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I HAVE THAT KNOWN AND DONE IS ALL TO HER AND MY DAD ALSO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LU VIERA: Y MUCH. OFFICER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VERY KIND DEMEANOR THAT SERVES YOU VERY WELL IN SITUATIONS THAT CAN BE CAUSTIC AND DIFFICULTY OR WHAT NOT. YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT JOB AND WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR WONDERFUL MOTHER. TO YOUR MOM, THE STANL AND PEOPLE ACROSS TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HONOR AND RESPECT WHAT YOUR SON DOES FOR A LIVING. AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO, SIR. BUT I WANTED TO COMPLIMENT YOU A. YOU NEED THAT IN THAT JOB. YOU NEED THAT IN THAT JOB. I AM A BIG BELIEVER IN DIPLOMACY AND I BELIEVE YOU CHAMPION IT WELL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS SIR. NO THE FIRST FROM THE MOTORCYCLE UNIT TO BE RECOGNIZED. WE SPEAK OF KIND AND POSITIVE DEMEANOR, ROY PAZ WHO I SAY HE IS THE NICEST GUY IN ALL OF TAMPA AND YOU ARE RIGHT UP THERE WITH HIM. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. AND BEING ON A MOTORCYCLE IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE WE SEE HOW PEOPLE DRIVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE OUT THERE, YOU ARE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. I KNOW MANY OF YOUR HIDING SPOTS AND I KNOW WHEN NOT TO SPEED. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THAT DO YOU. AND YOU AND YOUR SQUAD AND EVERYBODY THERE SO CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU, S SIR. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO SAID. MY DISTRICT IS SOUTH TAMPA. WHEN I AM DRIVING ON BAYSHORE AND MY FIRST ACTION IS FEAR WHEN I SEE THE MOTORCYCLES AND I LOOK DOWN AND LUCKILY ALWAYS DRIVING 35. AND THE NECK FEELING IS HA HAPPINESS, BECAUSE IN MY DISTRICT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS WE GET IS SPEEDING ON BAYSHORE. AND I KNOW MY -- MY NEIGHBORS IN AND AROUND BAYSHORE ARE ALWAYS VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. THE PEOPLE YOU WRITE TICKETS WHO I AM SURE ARE NOT, BUT PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY BAYSHORE SAFELY AND ALL THE OTHER ROADS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU TO DO PROTECT US AND MAKE THAT SAFE. >> JUST KNOW THAT WE INSTILL THAT FEAR WITH LOVE. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH OFFICER JAMES NG T TANG. A PLEASURE TO SEE SOMEONE WITH THE MOTORCYCLE OPERATION TO GET A CERTIFICATE. I BELIEVE YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE. I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE. PLANNED CITRO DRIVES A HARLEY. I DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE THAT YOU AND I HAVE, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN HARLEY BUT CUSHMAN THAT LOOKS LIKE A HARLEY AND I HAVEN'T TAKE TON OUT IN 20 YEARS BUT JUST FOR YOU I WILL HAVE IT REDONE AND MAYBE TAKE IT OUT FOR A RIDE. I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING YOU DO. IT IS NOT EASY BEING A POLICE OFFICER AND YOU FACE EVERYTHING AND YOU SEE THINGS IN LIFE THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS HAPPENING. FOR THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS THANK YOU FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING DO YOU BEST. >> I APPRECIATE IT, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: AN OLD SAYING WHEN SOME OF THE OLD-TIMERS SAID, DON'T LAY THAT BIKE DOWN. GREAT TO SEE THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED. BECAUSE THE MOTORCYCLE UNIT DOES A LOT OF WORK. THEY ARE WORKING ALL THE TIME WITH PARADES, DIGNITARIES, TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT. THESE GUYS WORK ENDLESSLY. AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND BEING A GOOD LEAD INSTRUCTOR. I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE WHEN PEOPLE PHASE OFF -- SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS ON THE INSTRUCTOR. EVERYBODY TEACHES DIFFERENTLY. OUR RATE IS EIGHT TO TEN NOW? THAT MEANS YOU ARE DOING A HELL OF A JOB TO GET THINGS MOVING AND GET GUYS ON THE BIKE. APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR SER SERVICE. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, WHO IS UP NEXT. [APPLAUSE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, WE ARE ALSO HERE TO COMMENDATION CORPORAL LANCE E. BAKER WHO IS OUR OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR AU AUGUST 2021. BUT I AM GOING TO LET THE CHIEF HERE EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY THIS OFFICER IS DESERVE OF THIS COMMENDATION. >> THANK YOU, SIR. AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. LANCE BAKER WAS RECOGNIZED FOR THE AUGUST OFFICER OF THE MO MONTH. AND AS A CORPORAL OF THE SQUAD, HE IS THE LEADING TRAINING OFFICER OF THE SQUAD AS CHAIRMAN GUDES ALLUDED TO A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND HE TAKES THAT JOB SERIOUSLY. AND I WILL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES HOW THE LEADERSHIP CAME OUT IN THE SQUAD AND HOW HE HELPS WITH THE YOUNGER OFFICERS ON THE SQUAD. CORPORAL BAKER WAS RESPONDING TO ANN-PROGRESS DOMESTIC CALL THAT WE GOT INFORMATION THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS HOLDING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND BY A CHOKEHOLD HAND A KNIFE TO HER NECK, THREATENED TO KILL HER. OFFICER BAKER WAS THE FIRST ONE TO ARRIVE ON SCENE. HE WAS ABLE TO GET A VISUAL OF THE SUSPECT AND THE GIRLFRIEND IN THE HOUSE. WHEN THE OTHER OFFICERS WERE ARRIVING, HE COORDINATED THE EFFORTS OF THE OTHER OFFICERS, DIRECTED THEM TO WHERE TO GO, AND WAS ABLE TO DEESCALATE THE ENTIRE SITUATION WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE GUY INTO CUSTODY WITH A SAFE CONCLUSION. SAVING THE VICTIM'S LIFE. AND THIS ACTION WAS SOMETHING WE AWARDED CORPORAL BAKER WITH THE TACTICAL EXCELLENCE AWARD, WHICH IS AN AWARD WE GIVE OUT OFFICERS WHO SHOW EXTREME PATIENCE IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS AND DEADLY FORCE INCIDENTS WITHOUT HAVING TO USE SOME SORT OF FORCE -- DEADLY FORCE. THOSE ACTIONS WERE -- WHEN YOU SEE IT ON BODY-WORN CAMERA WAS PRETTY BRAVE ACTION ACTIONS O CO. ANOTHER INCIDENT WAS A NORMAL CALL OF SOMEONE FINDING THEIR STOLEN TRAILER AT A VACANT RESIDENCE. HIS LEADERSHIP AND TENURE THERE REALIZED IT WAS SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A REGULAR STOLEN TRAILER. HE WAS ABLE TO UN COVER A LARGE THEFT RING THAT LED TO THE RECOVERY OF SEVERAL TRAILERS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF STOLEN PROPERTY AND SHUT DOWN A LOCAL THEFT RING THAT POPPED UP. IN ADDITION TO THE WORK ON THE STREET, CORPORAL BAKER IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES FOR OPERATION RESTORE. OPERATION RESTORE IS A PLACE WHERE OUR FIRST RESPONDERS CAN RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN WORKING THROUGH A LOT OF THE STUFF THEY SEE EVERY DAY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES THEY HAVE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR JOB. HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE RESOURCE IS PAVING THE WAY FOR MANY OFFICERS TO RECEIVE THE SAME ASSISTANCE AND HELP THEM RECOVER AFTER RESPONDING TO DIFFICULT CALLS. I THINK SOMETIMES COPS ARE THE LAST ONES WHO SAY THEY NEED HELP OR NEED TO TALK TO SOMEBODY AND CORPORAL BAKER CHAMPIONED THIS PGRAMND MADE IT A LOT EASIER AND PAVED THE PATH FOR MORE OFFICERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM. IN RECOGNITION OF EVERYTHING HE IS DOING AND HAS DONE CORPORAL BAKER IS AWARDED THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2021. PLACE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: GET UP IN H HERE. IT IS THE TRAINING THAT TPD DOES FROM WITHIN. AND WITHOUT OFFICERS LIKE YOU AND OFFICER JAMES NG TANGO TRAIN OUR UP AND COMING OFFICERS, OUR NEW OFFICERS, TO BE BETTER OFFICERS, WE WOULD STAY AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. SO I THANK YOU FOR TRAINING YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS. OFFICER BAKER, BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION WHICH IS OFFICER OF THE MONTH. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PEERS AND YOUR SUPERIORS WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH YOU SERV W WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR LIFE-SAVING, QUICK THINKING YOUR WORK IN STOPPING A MAJOR THEFT RING AND ADVOCACY OF FIRST RESPONDERS TO SEEK HELP THAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE. IT IS THE HONOR OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT CORPORAL LANCE E. BAKER WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON AUGUST 26, 2 2021. [APPLAUSE] >> FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO -- TAKE THIS OFF FOR A SECOND. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF. THE SUPPORT WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THIS DEPARTMENT IS OVERW OVERWHELMING. THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT CAREER HERE AND I TRULY ENJOY IT. I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY FAMILY HERE IN A MOMENT, BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS. THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, THINGS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR A GREAT MANY PEOPLE. MANY HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, THEY LOST FINANCIAL SECURITY, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL. WITH THIS PANDEMIC CAME ANGER, RIOTS, GENERAL DISSATISFACTION WITH LIFE AS WE KNEW IT. AFTER 27 YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT I REALIZED I WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME AND REACHED THE BREAKING POINT. I WAS TERRIBLY SAD LEAVING A CAREER AND COMMUNITY OF WHICH I LOVED SERVING. FOR THE GNATSLY GOD HAD OTHER PLANS. I WAS OFFERED THE PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION RESTORE. FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS, A NONPROFIT TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS WORK THROUGH VARIOUS TRAUMAS, EXPERIENCES ANDSSUES THAT MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTING THEIR LIVES AND OCCUPATION. I SPENT A WEEK WORKING ON THINGS I HADN'T EVEN REALIZED WAS AFFECTED ME AND I RETURNED TO THE STREET AS IF A WEIGHT WAS LIFTED FROM MY SHOULDER AND THE JOY OF SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED FOLLOWING MY PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION RESTORE. CLEARLY HAVING THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH HAVE BENEFITED NOT ONLY ME, MY FAMILY, AND THE CITIZENS I SERVE. I PRAY THAT THE CITCONTUES WITH THE OPERATION RESTORE TO CARE FOR THE WELL BEING OF FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY LINE OF SUPERVISION THAT ALLOWED ME TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION RESTORE AND DR. DAN MIDBROOK HERE TODAY AND PASTOR WHO RUNS THE PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE AND CHILDREN FOR ALWAYS STAYING BEHIND ME AND KEEPING ME GROUNDSED WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE. ABOVE ALL, I THANK GOD FOR WORKING ALL THINGS TO HIS GLO GLORY. SO THANK YOU ALL. AND THANK YOU FOR, AGAIN, TO MY FAMILY. WITHOUT THEM THERE IS NOTHING. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. A LOT OF TIME WHEN WE GO THROUGH THINGS THAT ARE PERSONAL TO US, CHALLENGES, STRUGGLES, EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, TO SHARE THEM IN PUBLIC BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET A RECEPTION SINCERE AS YOUR WORD YOU FEEL A LITTLE CUT OFF. NOT THAT THE RECEPTION YOU GOT UP HERE IS 110%. WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. APPRECIATE YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT BEAUTIFUL FAMILY BEHIND YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. AS COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICE YOU MAKE EVERY TIME YOU PUT ON THAT UNIFORM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WE APPRECIATE THE SACRIFICE AND PATIENCE AND LOVE FROM YOUR FAMILY AS THEY -- THEY LOAN YOU OUT TO US. THEY GIVE YOU TO US TO OUR COMMUNITY TO KEEP US SAFE. WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH AND COMING CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THE SACRIFICE AND COMMITMENT THAT YOU MAKE. WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE COMMUNITY THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT WE HEAR IS FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND DEESCALATION. TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE ASKED US FOR THAT, I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU ARE GETTING THIS COMMENDATION SHOWS THAT YOUR PEERS AND COLLEAGUES ARE CELEBRATING IT AND WORKING ON IT. AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE IN THAT PROGRAM SHOW THAT WE ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR -- FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE, BUT THE DEDICATION OF HELPING ALL FIRST RESPONDERS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TASK AND A HUGE MISSION. AND WE COULD NEVER THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT. AND THE DEESCALATION, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IN TALKING TO YOUR COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES EXCELLENT TRAINING, BUT ALSO EXPERIENCE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WISDOM. AND SO -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING AN EXAMP. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DING DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MASTER CORPORAL BAKER, YOU KNOW, AGENDA ITEM 5 HAS TO DO WITH TPD AND TFR, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH. YOU KNOW COUNCIL, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY. AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T LOOK -- LOOK AT OURSELVES IN TERMS OF WHAT -- WHAT YOUR JOB --ND N JUS THE LAST TWO YEARS. YOUR JOB TAKES A TOLL. AND WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT. AGENDA ITEM 5 SPEAKS TO MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ESPECIALLY TPD. LEADERSHIP COMES IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND AS WAS SAID EARLIER AND STEPPING FORWARD AND STEPPING OUT AND SPEAK TO THIS AND SING HOW IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS, IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP THAT EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS. AND THEY WILL LOOK -- WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK TO YOU AND ASK YOU ABOUT THAT. AND I SEE YOUR FAMILY NODDING THEIR HEADS BEHIND YOU THERE. AND THE CHIEF AND I WERE -- WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS JUST YESTERDAY IN TERMS OF EXPANDING SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. AND WE MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOES IN FOR THEIR ANNUAL CHECK-UP AND BLOODWORK AND I JUST DID THAT THIS WEEK AND MY FAMILY IS HAPPY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HEAD IS ON STRAIGHT TOO. AND THAT'S -- THAT IS FOR EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY YOURS AND YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON AGENDA 5, BUT, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE, I ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY. YOU KNOW TODAY, POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE MORE THAN SOMEONE CARRYING A BADGE. YOU HAVE TO BE A DOCTOR. YOU HAVE TO BE A PSYCHIATRIST. YOU HAVE THINGS COMING AT YOU BECAUSE THE PRESSURE OF LIFE HAVE CHANGED SINCE YOU AND I ARE YOUNG. NOW YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS. THE KIDS ARE UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE TIME THEY WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO AT NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, WHEN I WAS A KID NO THINGS A COMP COMPUTERS. NO CELL PHONES. EVERYBODY KNEW EVERYTHING WITHOUT ANY INFORMATION. SO THEY HAD -- THEY HAD A GREAT OPERATION. I MEAN -- AND NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THESE -- DISTRACTIONS OF LIFE, EVERYBODY'S PRESSURE TO SUCCEED. WELL, WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, THE ONLY THING THEY ASK YOU BE A NICE PERSON, GET YOUR EDUCATION, GET MARRIED AND HAVE A LIFE -- GOOD LIFE. NOW THERE IS SO MANY -- MUCH PRESSURE ON THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN AND WHEN YOU SEE A SITUATION LIKE THE ONE -- THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AND DEALT WITH, THE PERSON YOU ARE TALKING TO MAY TELL YOU ONE THING, BUT YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE NOT ONLY WHAT THAT PERSON IS TELLING YOU BUT IS THE BODY LANGUAGE EQUAL TO THE SAM LANGUAGE AS THE TONGUE IS COMING UP WITH IN WORDS. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT SPLIT DECISION, 1/100 OF A SECOND WHETHER THE BODY AND TONGUE ARE WORKING TOGETHER OR NOT SO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND HOW YOU CAN APPROACH IT. SO YOU HAVE TO BE, AGAIN, ALMOST A GENIUS TO HANDLE THESE THINGS. WE WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN. I KNOW TRAINING MEANS A LOT. BUT THERE IS NOTHING LIKE FIELD EXPERIENCE. IT IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRAINING BECAUSE IF YOU WERE TRAINED AND NEVER HELP ONE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU HAVE FACED THE SUATI AND YOU HANDLED IT PERFECT. THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY AND WHAT YOU HAVE CONTINUE AND TO DO FOR THIS GREAT CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >> THANK YOU AND WELL SAID. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. MIRANDA. CORPORAL BAKER, SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS THE INNER WORKINGS. AND SAY THIS SINCERELY AND TOOK A LOT OF GUTS TO TELL THE PUBLIC YOUR STORY. IT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS TO TELL THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT YOUR STORY BECAUSE IN THE EARLY DAYS YOU DIDN'T DARE TO MENTION OR TALK ABOUT THAT YOU HAVE ISSUES. I THINK THE CHIEF KNOWS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT AND THE PROGRAM YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH. I CAN TELL THE PUBLIC RIGHT N NOW. IF YOU SEE A KID THAT IS DEAD OR YOU GET INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING OR YOU GET IN A D DRAG-OUT FIGHT, OR YOU GOT TO DO AN INVESTIGATION AND NO ONE YOU CAN GO AND TALK TO AND SHARE ABOUT THAT INVESTITION. YOU ARE HOLDING ALL THAT IN. SOMETIMES YOU GO HOME AS A POLICE OFFICER AND FIRE FIGHTERS AND YOU HAVE FAMILY THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO AT HOME. FAMILY ISSUES AS WELL. AND THOSE THINGS GET PILED UP SOMETIMES. SO I AM GLAD THEIR PART OF THIS PROGRAM. I WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT. I AM GLAD MR. DINGFELDER PULLED THE ITEM. I LOOKED AT IT -- I KNEW WE WOULD HAVE OTHER DISCUSSIONS LATER ON ABOUT THAT. BUT I AM GLAD HE PULLED THAT TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITE BI. I AM GLAD YOU ARE ABLE TO TELL YOUR STORY AND HOPE THAT SOME OTHER GUYS WILL BE PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT ARE GOING THROUGH ISSUES AT HOME AND IN PLACES TO GET THAT EXTRA HELP THEY MAY NEED. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> THANK YOU, SIR. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE THE NAACP. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. CHAIR, I AM GOING TO TURN THAT OVER RIGHT NOW AND THEN GET TO THE FIRE FIGHTER AWARD. ANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 44. AND THE GENTLEMAN -- HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE AND WAS ABLE TO COME OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL TELL US ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL AND ABOUT THE RESOLUTION. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PASS IT NOW TO GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY. MIS-C AMARIA. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. KAMARIA PETTIS-MAKELL WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. APPEARING FOR ITEM 44. IANT INTRODUCE ROBERT IRVIN, HE IS THE NAACP'S NOMINATION FOR -- WHO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD. HE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I DID PROVIDE EACH COUNCILMEMBERS A LETTER FROM THE NAACP STATING THAT MR. IRVIN IS IN FACT THE NAACP'S NOMINATION FOR THE POSITION FOR THE CRB. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, CAMARIA. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND PERHAPS THE GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK US TO FOR A SECOND. MR. SHELBY TELLS US WE NEED TO HL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT SO MR. IRVIN DON'T TAKE THAT PERSONALLY. MR. IRVIN, IF YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS WHY YOU DECIDED TO REPRESENT NAACP ON THIS IMPORTANT PANEL. COME TO THE MICROPHONE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. IT IS A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO REPRESENT THE NAACP IN THIS IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I DO IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND WITH A HEART OF SERVICE. I APPCIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, YOUR COMMENTS, SIR? >>LUIS VIERA: NO. JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. I DID SOME BACKGROUND CHECKS ON YOU -- I DON'T MEAN BACKGROUND WORK -- BUT GOOGLE, FULL. YOU SEEM LIKE A FINE GENTLEMAN AND GOOD VALUE FROM WHAT I SAW AGED TRUST OUR FRIENDS FOR THE NAACP, AND FOR THE RECORD, I WILL BE VOTING YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE MET RECENTLY AT AN EVENT. WE SAT NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND SPOKE AT LENGTH. I HEARD INJURE STORY AND I HEARD MORE ABOUT YOU FROM OTHER INDIVIDUALS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND ARE WELL-RESPECTED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND I WILL CONFIDENTLY SUPPORT YOUR APPOINTMENT TO THIS BOARD. THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: GOOD TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING. YOU MOST PEOPLE WHEN -- WHEN SOMEONE GETS A POSITION LIKE THIS THINKS ABOUT THE HONOR OF GETTING IT, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW AND SEE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES BEHIND IT. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE YOU. FOLKS WHO ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THE POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD NOW HAS SOME ENHANCED POWERS AND AUTHORITIES AND ABILITIES. SO IT'S -- IT'S A NEW -- A NEW DAY AND A NEW FRONTIER. YOU KNOW, WE HOPE AND PRAY THAT THERE IS NEVER ANYTHINGO INVESTIGATE. AND THIS WOULD BE WONDERFUL. WE WOULD ALL BE HAPPY IF YOU GUYS HAD -- YOU KNOW, HAD NOTHING TO DO. BUT THAT'S -- THAT IS PROBABLY NOT REALITY. REALITY IS THINGS HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHY THE CRB, THE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD WAS CREATED. I AM THRILLED THAT YOU ARE THERE, AS OBVIOUSLY AS A FINE CITIZEN AND REPRESENTATIVE OF A FINE ORGANIZATION LIKE THE NAACP. I WOULD URGE YOU AND ALL OF YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS AND PROBABLY GOES WITHOUT SAYING TO ASK THE TGH QUESTIONS. BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT -- THAT IS WHAT REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY IS ALL ABOUT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO ON CITY COUNCIL. AND I AM SURE YOU WILL AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO SERVE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE NAACP BRANCH OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. YVETTE LEWIS AS PRESIDENT. THEY MADE A FINE CHOICE NEW, SIR. MR. IRVIN, YOU HAVE STEPPED FORWARD. AND WHEN YOU STEP FORWARDS, YOU CAN NEVER TAKE ATEP CKWARDS BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS THERE AND WE HAVE MATE CHANGES. -- MADE CHANGES AND THINGS CHANGE IN LIFE FOR THE BETTER AND SOMETIMES FOR THE WORSE. IN THIS CASE I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR THE BETTER TO MAKE SURE THINGS GO AS THEY SHOULD GO. THANK YOU FOR BEING STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE A FOOT FORWARD AND BE NOMINATED FOR YVETTE LEWIS AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP. GOOD THINGS FOR YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: IF I MAY. WHEN I SAW YOUR NAME, I DID SOME INVESTIGATING OF MY OWN. AND YOU WILL BE A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE NAACP. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CITRO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST ONE MORE SMALL THING FOR ANYONE WHO DIDN'T WATCH ALL THE CONVERSATION WITH THE CRB. THE IDEA TO PUT THIS NAACP'S POSITION WAS THE MAYOR'S IDEA AND I WANT TO THANK HER. ALL OF US ARE THANKFUL FOR HER WE ARE TRYING TO ADEQUATELY REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU TO HER FOR SUGGESTSING I. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, COME ON BACK UP BROTHER IRVIN. DON'T RUN FROM THE MIC. GENTLEMEN, I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY. I KNOW HIS BACK GROUND, MILITARY BACKGROUND. I KNOW HIS COMMUNTY SERVICE. HE IS A PART OF ONE OF THE NOBLESTS AND GREATEST OF ALL. AND I KNOW HE WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. I WANT TO XHENLDZ THE NAACP FOR A GOOD CHOICE BECAUSE I KNOW HE IS GOING TO BE UNBSED AND I KNOW HE WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN IN THE MILITARY, HE UNDERSTANDS BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN. WHEN OFF PERSON WHO UNDERSTANDS A CIVILIAN WORLD AND A NONCIVILIAN WORLD, IT GIVES YOU A GREAT CANDIDATE. SO I AM HAPPY ABOUT THE CHOICE. AND WE WILL BE MAKING THE -- THE VOTE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT PER OUR CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL MAKE THAT CHOICE. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE A PROBLEM. FROM WHAT I HEARD WILL BE A UNANIMOUS DECISION. THANK YOU FOR WILLING SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE GOOD WORD IN PROBABLY A COUPLE HOURS. >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIRMAN. THE SOON-TO-BE COLLEAGUE DJ REYES THAT IS ON THE REVIEW BOARD. IF YOU HAVEN'T MET HIM, A GOOD GUY TO SHAKE HIS HAND. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL SEE YOU LATER. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, FOR ACCOMMODATING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO, BACK UP ITEM NUMBER 2, FIREMAN OF THE QUARTER. >>JOSEPH CITRO: LET THIS LOVELY LADY CLEAN THIS OFF. >>ORLANDO GUDES: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO'S AIDE -- WE WILL BE TAKING A TWO OR THREE MINUTES TO CLEAN THEM OUT BECAUSE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMITTEE HAS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AS WELL. AND WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THEIR TIME AS WELL. >>JOSEPH CITRO: STAND OVER THERE FOR A SECOND. GET UP IN THERE -- I HAD TO LL THE CHIEF AN HONOR TO STAND NEXT TO HER. SHE MAKES ME LOOK BETTER, BUT THIS IS THE PERSON WE ARE HONORING TODAY. I AM GOING TO SAY THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I TALK OF THE TAMPA CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY. I AM A GRADUATE OF THE TAMPA FIRE ACADEMY. AND AS MY OTHER COLLEAGUES UP ON THE DAIS SHOW, WE HAVE GONE OVER TO -- KNOW, WE HAVE ONE OVER TO PINELLAS FOR THEIR FIRE ACADEMY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THESE BRAVE WOMEN AND MEN GO THROUGH AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, GO TO THEIR FIRE ACADEMY FOR THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND YOU WILL FIND OUT. IN ONE DAY, YOU WILL RESUSCITATE A PERSON DRIVING 40-MILE-PER-HOUR IN AN AMBULANCE. YOU WILL GO UP 70 FEET IN A FIRE LADDER. YOU WILL GO THROUGH A SMOKEY BUILDING AND CARRY OUT A BODY. AND THAT'S JUST -- THAT IS NOT EVEN HAVING TO COOK FOR YOUR -- FOR YOUR FIRE FIGHTERS AT YOUR STATION. SO I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THE THINGS THAT THEY GO THROUGH, YOU WILLEARN AT THIS ACADEMY. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO HONOR CAPTAIN RYAN BRADFORD. AND TO GIVE HIM THE COMMENDATION FOR FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER, AUGUST 2021. BUT I WILL LET CHIEF EXPLAIN WHY THE REASON HE IS DESERVED OF THIS COMMENDATION. CHIEF. >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. BARBARA TRIPP, FIRE CHIEF OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. SO ACTUALLY TODAY TO HONOR THIS YOUNG MAN, IS A GREAT HONOR. I HAVE KNOWN CAPTAIN BRADFORD FOR MANY YEARS. FOR THE 19 TO 20 YEARS HE HAS BEEN ON THIS JOB, WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 15. HE WANTS TO CALL ME HIS MOM. I CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIS MOM SO I AM LIKE HIS BIGGER SISTER. HE HAS BEEN A VALUABLE ASSETS TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. HE IS VERY DEDICATED AND MOTIVATED. HE WAS NOMINATED TO BE FIRE FIGHTERS OF THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP. BRADFORD HAS BEEN ON THE JOB SINCE 2002, HE HAS A FAMILY HISTORY AND TRADITION BECAUSE HIS FATHER SERVED MANY YEARS WITH TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND DEFINITELY A LEGACY, BUT THE NEW CAPTAIN RYAN BRADFORD FULFILLED HIS FATHER'S SHOES AND CONTINUED TO EX-HE WILL THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. CAPTAIN BRADFORD WAS A FIRE FIGHTER, PARAMEDIC AND RESCUE LIEUTENANT AND BASICALLY A CAPTAIN IN THE PROCESS OF RIDING UP AS ACTING CHIEF. WHAT IS FUNNY ABOUT -- OR I SHOULD SAY IRONIC FOR CAPTAIN BRADFORD, FOR THE MANY YEARS -- ME AND HIM WERE TOGETHER WITH CORPORAL ROBERTS. WE HAVE BEEN A TEAM -- WHEN I SAY A TEAM, WE HAVE BEEN A TEAM. EVERY PROMOTION I GET, HE GETS THAT PROMOTION. KIND OF LIKE A CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW. ONE DAY HE WILL BE THE FIRE CHIEF. HE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE TO BE THE FIRE CHIEF. I LIKE TO TAKE SOME CREDIT FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE. OUT OF THE 15 YEARS I CAN'T TAKE AWAY MOM AND DAD'S HISTORY. THE WAY THEY RAISED THIS YOUNG MAN BUT I CAN TAKE CREDIT WITH SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP WITH THE FIRE SERVICE. I CONSIDER MYSELF HIS BIG SISTER OKAY. HE WANTS TO TELL ME I AM 50 YEARS OLD BUT I AM ONLY 29. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF CAPTAIN BRADFORD. A HAZMAT TECHNICIAN. HE WORKED WITH URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE. MADE TWO DEPLOYMENT WITH HURRICANE MICHAEL -- IRMA? >> HARVEY. >> AND HARVEY. REPRESENTS TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND THE CITY OF TAMPA VERY PROFESSIONALLY. HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THE FAS ASSESSMENT STABILIZATION TEAM. ASK YOU WHAT IS THAT? THE BICYCLE TEAM FOR FIRE RESCUE AND PARAMEDICS AND PROVIDE THE ALS SERVICE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHETHER AT A SPECIAL EVENT OR WHETHER ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA. SO CAPTAIN BRADFORD, HIS LEADERSHIP CONTINUES TO SHOW THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS AS TO HIS WHOLE CREW IS HERE TODAY TO HONOR CAPTAIN BRADFORD, HIS LEADERSHIP TRAINING THEM WITH THEKILLS THAT HE HAS. TODAY I AM VERY HONORED TO STANDS NEXT TO MY FRIEND, MY CO-WORKER, MY SUBORDINATE BUT ALWAYS MY FRIEND, MY YOUNGER BROTHER, CAPTAIN RYAN BRADFORD FOR HIS EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP THAT HE HAS DONE AND COMMITMENT TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. [APPLAUSE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: CAPTAIN RYAN BRADFORD, FIRE FIGHTERS OF THE QUARTER AUGUST 2021. BECAUSE OF YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVICE, COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS MARK OF DISTINCTION AS FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER. TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, YOUR PUSHES EERS AND SUPERIOR WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOUR COMMITMENT. WE RECOGNIZE YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AS AN ASSET TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND COMMEND YOU ON YOUR LEADERSHIP IN VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDING DURING THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL. YOU GOT TO GO TO THE SUPER B BOWL? >> I DID. >>JOSEPH CITRO: OH, MAN, YOU ARE LUCKY. I DIDN'T GET -- ANYWAY. THE HONOR OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO PRESENT CAPTAIN RYAN BRADFOR THIS COMMENDATION ON THE 26th DAY OF AUGUST, 2021. [APPLAUSE] >>CHIEF TRIPP: BEFORE CAPTAIN BRADFORD SAYS A COUPLE OF WORDS, WHEN I GOT INTO THIS POSITION AS THE INTERIM FIRE CHIEF, OF COURSE, A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. BASICALLY THIS IS THE YOUNG MAN I CALLED FOR HELP. HE ACTUALLY ASSISTED ME THROUGH ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT TOOK PLA IN E CITY OF TAMPA AS WELL AS RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM FOR OUR SPECIAL EVENT AND PARAMEDICS TO GET OUT THERE AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY. HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB ASSISTING ME THROUGHOUT THE SUPER BOWL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE THE ACCOLADES THINK THAT GOT. IT IS IN NO SMALL PART TO THE ORGANIZATION AND THE ADMINISTRATION THAT I WORK W WITH, AS WELL AS MY PERSONNEL THAT I WORK WITH ON A DAILY BASIS. MY GUYS ON ENGINE 1 C FANT FANTASTIC. THEY MAKE MY JOB EASY. MY LARGER FAMILY STATION 1 AS WELL AS CHIEF REID FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITIES AND HELPING ME TO PROGRESS THROUGH MY CAREER. NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT A GOOD, STRONG BACKING AND FAMILY SUPPORT. MY WIFE, CHRISTINA OVER HERE. MY SONS CONNOR AND ZACHARY AND MY DAUGHTERS EMILY AND MADISON. THEY REALLY GIVEN ME ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PURSUE MY CAREER, PURSUE ALL THE SPECIALTIES WITHIN MY CAREER AND GIVEN ME THE LATITUDE TO TAKE TIME AWAY FROM THEM THAT I KNOW I WILL NEVER BE ABLEO GIVE BACK THIS THEM BUT I HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND IT IS FOR A GREATER GOOD. WHERE IT ALL COMES FROM, THOUGH, IS LEARNING THROUGH GOOD ROLE MODELS AND I PROBABLY HAVE SOME OF THE BEST ROLE MODELS IN MY LIFE. BOTH OF MY GRAND. >> FATHERS WERE PUBLIC SER SERVANTS. MY GRANDFATHER HENRY BRADFORD WAS RETIRED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. MY FATHER WAS MARK CLAUSE, A RETIRED TPD OFFICER. BOTH ARE DECEASED NOW BUT THEY WOULD BE QUITE PROUD WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. MY DAD A 30-YEAR CAPTAIN WITH TAMPA FIRE AND SET THE PRECEDENCE AND SET THE BAR PRETTY HIGH. I HOPE THAT EVERYTHING I DO I MAKE ALL OF MY FAMILY PROUD AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT PUBLIC SERVICE IS AN EXCELLENT CAL CALLING. NOT ALWAYS THE MOST RESPECTED WHEN IT COMES TO INDIVIDUALS IN THIS DAY AND AGE, BUT DEFINITELY MUCH NEEDED AND RESPECTABLE CALLING. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CAPTAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR WORDS. SO GLAD THAT YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY IS HERE TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOU RECEIVE THIS HONOR. AND I AM SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE GENERATIONAL SERVICE AS FIRST RESPONDERS. YOU FIND THAT A LOT, WHICH IS A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE A FIRE FIGHTER, A POLICE OFFICER OR A VETERAN, SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY, THAT IT IS GENERATIONAL AND A LEGACY OF SERVICE. A LEGACY OF RUNNING INTO SITUATIONS THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME RUN AWAY FROM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR FAMILY HAS DONE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN NOT ONLY WITH FIRE BUT WITH A POLICE OFFICER. VOCATIONS THAT GO TOGETHER A LOT. I ALWAYS MAKE SURE WHEN I TALK ABOUT FIRE, I ALSO TALK ABOUT POLICE AND VICE VERSA BECAUSE YOU ALL GO TOGETHER. IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, BUT YOU ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN -- IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARTNERS IN THAT REGARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. AND GOD BLESS YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS SIR. PUBLIC SERVICE IS IN YOUR BLOOD AS YOU INDICATED. INSTILLED IN YOUR LIFE OF THOSE BEFORE YOU WHO SERVED AND THAT IS HOW YOU ARE RAISED TO HELP AND GIVE BACK AND SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THE SACRIFICE THEY MAKE WHEN YOU PUT ON THAT UNIFORM TO GO OUT. THAT IS WHO YOU ARE. FEARLESS LIKE SO MANY OTHERS THAT ARE FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE TO SERVE. YOU ARE HERE TO PROTECT AND TAKE CARE OF US OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY WHEN YOU GO TO WORK. DON'T FORGET THE LIVES THAT YOU HAVE CHANGED POSITIVELY. THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE SAVED AND THOSE YOU HELP EACH AND EVERY DAY CONGRATULATIONS SIR. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU TO YOUR FATHER FOR HIS SERVICE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAMILY FOR SUPPORT -- SUPPORTING YOU. YOU TALK OF THE REPUTATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS OR WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF THEM. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK JUST ABOUT EVERY KID WANTS TO GROW UP BEING A FIRE FIGHTER. SO WHEN THEY ARE THE AGE OF YOUR KIDS, FIRE FIGHTERS ARE THE MOST THAT ANY KID COULD ASPIRE TO BE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE'S LIVES AND GET DISTRACTED BY OTHER THINGS BUT I DON'T THINK THAT MEANS THEY RESPECT THEM ANY LES. MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS FIRE RESCUE, YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. FOR THOSE MOMENTS, YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AND THEY WILL NEVER FORGET FOR YOU ALL DO AND HAVE A NEW RESPECT FOR YOU. AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WON'T HAVE TO CALL. BUT WE ALL HAVE TO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL ARE THERE AND YOU MAKE SACRIFICESVERY DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. CAPTAIN, I TRY TO AVOID TRITE STATEMNTS BECAUSE MY WIFE TELLS ME THINK THAT ALWAYS MESS THEM UP. THE EXPRESSION THERE IS NO "I" IN TEAM I THINK APPLIES TO YOU. WHEN I LOOK BEHIND YOU, I SEE YOUR TEAM THERE. I SEE THE OTHER CAPTAINS AND CHIEFS AND YOUR FATHER AND YOUR WIFE AND YOUR CHILDREN. AND THAT IS YOUR TEAM. ANDOU MTION IT IN YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM. AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM THAT IS THERE SUPPORTING THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU GLOOUDZ MIRANDA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CAPTAIN BRADFORD, THANK YOU FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY. YOU WORK AS ONE. YOU DO THE DUTY, BUT THEY ARE THE ONES PULLING THE TIME WITHOUT YOU. AND IT IS A MARRIAGE THAT REALLY HOLDS TOGETHER BECAUSE STRAIGHT, AND YOU GO HOME, YOU SIT AT FIRE STATION AND MANY, MANY CALLS AND SCENARIOS THAT MOST OF THE PUBLIC CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEN AND WOMEN DO IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND IT IS INCUMBENT UPON EVERYTHING YOU SAID AS TO WHY WE HAVE A GREAT CITY AND THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE. BUT YOU ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT YOUR FAMILY TREE. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE DEPARTMENT OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND CITRO TALKING ABOUT -- AND OTHER -- VIERA ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF SOMEONE IN THEIR FAMILY. HOWEVER, YOU DON'T FIND THAT TOO MUCH IN THE POLITICAL AR ARENA, I HATE TO SAY. SOME DO, BUT VERY FEW COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT THAT JOIN OR TRY TO JOIN AND BE -- EMULATE WHAT THEIR PARENT DID, MEN AND WO WOMEN. AND NOW YOU HAVE A DIVERSE DEPARTMENT THAT 30 YEARS AGO YOU DIDN'T HAVE. IT WAS CERTAIN AREAS ONLY FOR MEN IN BOTH. AND NOW YOU HAVE THE DIVERSITY OF MEN AND WOMEN. AND ALL OF YOU TOGETHER, WORKING TOGETHER, MAKING ONE FAN IT IS A I THINK IT TEAM FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. AND -- FANTASTIC TEAM FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA. I REMEMBER SOME TIME BACK IN THE '90s I TOOK THE HAZMAT COURSE. I SAID MY GOD THEY KNOW WHAT EXPLODE, WHAT DOESN'T EXPLODE, WHAT TIME IT WILL EXPLODE, WHAT HEAT IT TAKES. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB LIKE WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR MOTION. WE WANT TO THANK YOU. SOMETIMES WE FORGET WHAT MEN AND WOMEN IN THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT DO UNTIL YOU NEED THEM. ATHE HOUSE, YOU CALL 911.RGENCY THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO DO SEE THE INDIVIDUALS COME UP AND PUT AN ARM BAND ON YOU, GIVE YOU BLOOD PRESSURE AND DO THIS. YOU FEEL MUCH BETTER JUST LOOKING AT THEM. I WANT TO THANK AGAIN ALL OF YOU. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY FOR YOU BEING ON 24 HOURS. AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA AND MR. CITRO, I AM NOT GOING TO LET MY GOOD FRIEND LUIS VIERA -- >>JOSEPH CITRO: BUT MR. CHAIR, WE MADE IT OUT OF THERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE SURE DID. IT WAS TEAMMATE. WE GOT HIM OUT OF THERE. IT WAS GREAT -- I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE GENERATION. MY DAD ALWAYS TOLD ME, I WANT MY KIDS TO BE BETTER THAN I W WAS. AND I THINK YOUR DAD IS SEEING THAT BY WHAT THE FIRE CHIEF IS SAYING. YOU ARE AT ANOTHER LEVEL. AND YOU PROBABLY WILL BE AT ANOTHER LEVEL SHORTLY, I AM SURE, THE WAY THE CHIEF IS SPEAKING OF THEWORK YOU HAVE DONE AS FAR AS WHEN SHE FIRST BECAME THE INTERIM CHIEF AND ABLE TO TAKE HER ASIDE AND HELP HER WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AS WE CAN SEE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS MOVING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND WE ARE PROUD OF THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE PEOPLE SHE HAS WORKING BESIDE HER TO MOVE IT TO WHERE SHE WANTS IT TO GO FOR OUR CITIZENS. I TELL CITIZENS AND PEOPLE WHO DOUBT, SOMETIMES WE MAKE SPECIAL VOTES OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. ALWAYS ASK THEM CAN YOU DO WHAT THEY DO? CAN YOU RUN INTO A FIRE? CAN YOU DO CPR? CAN YOU STOP SOMEBODY FROM A FIGHT WHO HAS A GUN? I ALWAYS ASK THAT QUESTION. THAT IS NOT FOR ME. WELL, SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT. SOMEONE HAS TO DO THAT JOB. I AM GLAD THEIR DOING THAT JOB WITH OUR TAMPA FIRE CREW AND WHAT OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND THANK YOU FORHAT U DO >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK, IF I MAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>LUIS VIERA: ONE DAY COU COUNCILMAN CITRO, GUDES AND I MET WITH MY -- NOW MY WIFE COLLEEN O'BRIAN, TO THIS TAMPA FIRE TRAINING THING. AND I FLUNKED OUT. I DID AWFUL. JOE GR GRECO HAD TO PULL ME OUT OF THIS BUILDING, OKAY. WEARING THESE PANTS WITHOUT SUSPENDERS. MY PANTS DROPPED. IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING. GOES WITH WHAT IS IN YOUR BLOOD, BECAUSE MY WIFE, RIGHT, WHOSE GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A BOSTON FIRE FIGHTER, HIS BROTHER WAS A COP, MARINES, COPS, FIRE FIGHTERS ALL THE WAY TO HER DAD WHO WAS A COP AND A MARINE. SHE ACED IT, BUT ME, I DON'T HAVE IT. I DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. SO THERE YOU GO. I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. I AM GLAD TO LAUGH AT MYSELF. >>ORLANDO GUDES: FUNNY NOW, FOLKS. BUT IT WASN'T FUNNY THEN. I CAN TELL YOU, WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT THAT, BUT WHEN THE RUBBER HIT THE ROAD THAT DAY WHEN WE WERE IN THERE, THAT WAS A SERIOUS DEAL. PLANNED CITRO CAN TELL YOU. AND I AM GLAD I HAVE A LITTLE PERIENCE BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN A FIRE BEFORE. AND GONE IN SMOKING -- AND KNEW WHAT TO DO, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING, YOU KNOW, IT IS A KEY THING, YOU KNOW, THAT HOSE, THAT HOSE IS A LIFESAVER. YOU DON'T LET GO OF THE HOSE. IF YOU LET GO OF THE HOSE, YOU LOST. AND FORTUNATELY ME AND MR. CITRO DID NOT LET GO AND GET OURSELVES OUT. BUT A PANICKY MOMENT TO BE ALL IN BLACK AND YOU CAN'T SEE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND BEINGBLE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THAT STORY AND AGAIN MY GOOD FRIEND, WE APPRECIATE YOU. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. >> THANK YOU. THAT WANT TO GIVE THE GIFTS TO THESE POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS THE CHANCE TO DO THAT BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE DON'T HAVE TIME. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT OUT THERE. BUT I THINK YOU RECOGNIZE ALL TH FOLKS. WE ARE BEHIND TIME. IT IS ALREADY 10 AFTER 10:00. SO I PREFER THAT WE -- WE RECOGNIZE NAMES THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY GIVEN AND TAKE A BREAK AND NEED TO GET TO THE HISPANIC HERITAGE FOLKS NEXT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I UNDERSTAND. I AM SURE THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS WILL UNDERSTAND ALSO. I JUST NEED TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT WHILE WE ARE HERE ON THE TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS. WE AS CITY LEADERS REALIZE THAT THEIR JOB WILL NEVER GET EA EASIER. BUT WE, AS LEADERS IN THY OF TAMPA, NEED TO HELP EASE THEIR JOBS AND THIS CITY NEEDS TWO NEW FIRE STATIONS, ONE IN THE NORTH, ONE IN THE SOUTH. NEED SATELLITE OFFICES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FIRE RESCUE AND SO WE CAN HAVE RESCUE VEHICLES IN NECESSARY PLACES. AND I STAND FIRM ON THAT AND I HOPE I CAN GET SUPPORT ON THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. GENTLEMEN, TAKE A THREE TO FIVE MINUTES -- FIVE MINUTES FOR MISS EDWARDS TO CLEAR THIS OUT AND GET THE NEXT CREW IN SO WE CAN GET THIS THING MOVING. WE ARE IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES. GUDES WE ARE BACK IN SESSION. ROLL CALL PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE. >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. JULIE YO IS HERE TODAY. HOW ARE YOU DOING, MY FRIEND. >> HOW ARE YOU DOING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE TO HAVE THE HISPANIC -- MR. MIRANDA, THAT WAS YOUR MOTION. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MY MOTION. AND THIS A HISTORICAL THING. THEY COME UP ONE A YEAR TO TALK OF THE 33rd ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE. THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR MANY YEARS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: TELL US ABOUT T IT, JULIA. >> I AM JULIE YO BARRERA AND CHAIR OF THE MAYOR'S HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMITTEE. WE ARE HERE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE MAYOR'S HISPANIC HERITAGE CELEBRATION. THIS WAS OUR 33rd YEAR EVENT. IT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE TAMPA MUNICIPAL OFFICE BUILDING RIGHT HERE IN THE COURTYARD SEPTEMBER 28 AT 11 A.M. THIS YEAR DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WE ARE HOSTING A SMALLER SIZ EVENT TO CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. THIS NEW YEAR'S PROGRAM WILL HAVE RECOGNITION WINNERS OF OUR FIRST ANNUAL HISPANIC HERITAGE POSTER CONTEST AND WE WILL HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE LIMITED ATTENDEES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE THAT DAY. THE ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE CITY OF TAMPA GYM AND DANCE, AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING FREE FOOD FOR THE FIRST 80 ATTENDEES THAT SHOW UP. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. I THINK MR. VIERA IS COMING DOWN. HE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS. GIVE HIM A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO GET DOWNSTAIRS. MR. MANISCALCO, ANYTHING, SIR? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIR, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING THERE AND JOINING US AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. AND THE TEAM EFFORT HERE AND BEING THAT -- YOU KNOW, I AM THE SON OF IMMIGRANT. THE PROUD SON OF IMMIGRANTS. MY MOTHER IS FROM CUBA. I AM FST GERATN HERE. I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART BECAUSE IT IS MY FAMILY'S STORY AND THE STORY OF A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO TAMPA AND BUILT THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT TAMPA IS BUILT BY THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND MANY IMMIGRANTS. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY CAN YOU PLEASE E-MAIL US ANY GRAPHICS WE HAVE SO POST IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TO PROMOTE IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO. >>JOSEPH CIT: I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. IT WILL BE GREAT AND PROUD YOU ARE CARRYING ON THIS TRADITION FOR ALL THESE YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> MUCHO GRACIAS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO THE I.T. GUYS. I AM LOOKING AT THE SCREEN AND SAYS YOU ARE SPEAKING SPANISH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I SAID EVERYTHING IS NICE. I TOLD HIM I COMMENDED HIM ON HIS HAIRCUT, IT LOOKS JUST LIKE MINE. [ LAUGHTER ] >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE. PLEASE SEND US ALL THE INFORMATION TO OUR OFFICES TO WE CAN PARTICIPATE. I AM GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GET MISS MATOS AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND MAYBE MR. VIERA TO POLISH ME UP IN MY SPANISH TO WALK AROUND AND SPEAK A LITTLE SPANISH. I THINK MR. VIERA WAS COMING DOWN TO SECOND FLOOR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: HE MAY BE THERE FOR THE NEXT ITEM, MR. CHAIRMAN. GUDES THAT'S RIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM. WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE INVITE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EVENT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING HERE WITHOUT THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME. WE HAVE A MUCH LARGER GROUP THAT COULDN'T ATTEND TODAY, BUT THIS COMMITTEE HAS WORKED VERY HARD PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, JULIE YO. AND I WILL WEAR MY MASK YOU GAVE ME FROM LAST YEAR. >> MUCHOS GRACIAS. ORLAO GUS: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WAITING. NEXT UP ITEM NUMBER 4, WE HAVE MR. VIERA WITH COLONEL DJ REYES. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK OU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I -- I APPRECIATE THIS A GREAT DEAL, MR. CHAIR, BECAUSE I MOTIONED FOR THIS LAST WEEK. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY NORTHERN LIGHT OF THE -- A LOT OF EMOTIONSAPPENG IN THE TAMPA COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW WITH REGARDS TO AFGHANISTAN AND THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE ENDING OF THAT. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE MY GOOD FRIEND COLONEL DJ REYES COME AND GIVE VERY BRIEF WORDS ON THE VALOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN AND WHATNOT. COLONEL REYES COMES FROM MILITARY FAMILY WITH HIS FATHER ENLISTING IN THE ARMY WILL IN 1950 AND BEING KOREAN AND VIETNAM VETERAN. COLONEL REYES HAS BEEN DEPLOYED FROM BOSNIA TO HAITI TO IRAQ TO KOSOVO TO AFGHANISTAN AND SENIOR MENTOR IN OUR VETERANS TREATMENT CORE AND HERE -- CORP AND HERE TO TALK OF OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL IN AFGHANISTAN. WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE COLONEL ANDY STEVENS WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE AND ARMY VETERAN AND VETERAN TREATMENT COURT MENTOR AND A GOLD STAR MOTHER ANNETTE KIRK, THE GOLD STAR MOTHER TO THE LATE PAUL KAZUPE WHO GAVE ALL IN AFGHANISTAN JUST OVER TEN YEARS AGO. I WILL INVITE COLONEL REYES. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL ON THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR MILITARY VETERANS THAT SUPPORTED OR ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTING THE TWO DECADES-LONG AFGHANISTAN OPERATION. SUPPORT TO AFGHANISTAN IS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FOR MANY OF US HERE IN TAMPA. AS YOU MAY KNOW, FLORIDA RANKS CLOSELY BEHIND TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA WITH THE MOST VETERANS. AND OUR SUNSHINE STATES, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RANKS AS THE TOP COUNTIES WITH THE MOST VETERANS AND AING SERVING MILITARY. IN OUR GREAT CITY OF TAMPA, THE ONLY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY BASE WITH TWO F FOUR-STAR COMBAT AND COMMAND HEADQUARTERS EXIST AT THE VERY END OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD. THE U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AND THE U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND. THESE TWO COMMANDS HAVE LITERALLY CARRIED THE LION SHARE OF THE 20-YEAR GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE ON SERVING IN UNITS UNDER BOTH OF THESE COMMANDS AND COMBAT THEATRES OF WAR THAT INCLUDE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN SAYING THERE ARE MANY IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY WHO HAVE PROUDLY FOUGHT SHOULDER TO SHOULDER ALONGSIDE OUR AFGHAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AFGHAN SUPPORT TO U.S. FORCES EXPANDED BEYOND INTERPRETER SUPPORT. IT ALSO INCLUDED A VARIETY OF SERVICES THAT ASSISTED IN OUR OWN SECURITY, GOVERNANCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE. WHAT MUST NOT BE LOST IS THE FACT THAT AFGHANS ASSISTED WHILE UNDER THE CONSTANT DAILY THREAT TO THEIR OWN LIVES AND THOSE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST NATN AND DEMOCRACY KNOWN TO CIVILIZATION. AND PART OF THIS PRIVILEGE IS THE FREEDOM TO DISSENT, TO DISAGREE AND TO EVEN CAST BL BLAME. I OFFER THIS THOUGHT TO EVERYBODY. NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR THAT. ROME IS BURNING AND OUR OWN AMERICAN CITIZENS AND AFGHAN SUPPORTERS ARE AT RISK OF DE DEATH. SO I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THREE SIMPLE THOUGHTS AS I URGE FOR THE WISDOM AND DECISIVE ACTION ON PART OF OUR SENIOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP. FIRST, TO ALL THE VETERANS OUT THERE WHO SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN, DID YOU WHAT YOU WERE WITH TOLD TO . DID YOU IT WITH HONOR, DIGNITY, RESPECT AND FIDELITY. YOUR APPLICATIONS POSITIVELY IMPACTED ON THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN. YOU GAVE THEM HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. IN DOING SO, YOU ALSO GUARANTEED THE PROTECTION OF OUR OWN HOMELAND FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. SECOND, TO OUR GOLD STAR FAMILIES. WAR UNFORTUNATELY COMES AT A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE COST. HOWEVER YOUR LOSSES, OULOSS WERE NOT IN VAIN. WE WILL ALWAYS HONOR OUR FA FALLEN, AND WE WILL NEVER, NEVER FORGET OUR, YOURS AND THEIR SERVICE AND ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. AND THIRD, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO ALL AMERICANS, OUR MISSION NOW IS VERY CLEAR. WE MUST GET OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS SAFELY OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. PERIOD. THE MILITARY LIVES BY ITS MANTRA LEAVE NO SERVICEMEMBER BEHIND. THIS APPLIES TO ALL AMERICANS. OPINION ADDITIONALLY, WE MUST DO ALL WE CAN TO SAFELY EVACUATE OUR AFGHAN SUPPORTERS WHO ARE ALREADY BEING TARGETED AND LOCATED BY THE TALIBAN. THIS SITUATION IS SO DIRE THAT INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS COMPRISED FORMER MILITARY SPECIAL FORCES AND INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL HAVE FORMED AND DOING ALL THEY CAN FROM THE BACK END TO GET SHARE INTERPRETERS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL OUT OF COUNTRY. AS A NATION WE HAVE THIS CAPABILITY, BUT TIME AND OUR REMAINING OPTIONS ARE DWINDLING AND FACING A RESILIENT HARDENED ENEMY WITH OTHER MALIGN ACTORS WAITING IN THE SHADOWS. AGAIN, I AND MANY OTHERS URGE FOR THE WISDOM AND DECISIVE ACTION OF OUR SENIOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUC. I AM GOING TO ASK, IF I MAY, COLONEL STEVEN TO READ THE NAME OF THE 20 INDIVIDUALS FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHO GAVE ALL IN AFGHANISTAN. COLONEL. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. NAMES OF THE FOLLOWING SER SERVICEMEMBERS WHO GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN ENDURING FREEDOM THAT HAS BEEN FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY O WITH RELEVANT TIES TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. SERGEANT DANIEL McKINNON ING A NEWS. SERGEANT CORY BUTREL CLARK SR. . PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WALL ARAZA ZUPE II. FIRST LIEUTENANT DIMITRI CASTILLO. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SCOTT DYER. SERGEANT FIRST CLASS JASON JOHN FEBREZE. DOLAS FREEMAN. DONALD -- RONALD STAFF SERGEANT JOSEPH FREDERICK FIRST III. CORPORAL AARON MATTHEW GRENER. CORPORAL FRANK ROBERT GROSS. SPECIALIST DAVID ALAN HESS. SPECIALIST CORY COLE. FIRST LIEUTENANT IVAN DEREK LAQUWAY. SERGEANT FIRST CLASS MATTHEW IVAN LEGETT. SPECIALIST ERIC NATHANIEL LAMKE. SPECIALIST KRISTOF J. MARKIE. STAFF SERGEANT RICARDO SEAYA. SPECIALIST ZACHARY SHANNON. CORPORAL ANTONIO JAMES SLED. AND STAFF SERGEANT MICHAEL DeWAYNE THOMAS. >>LUIS VIERA: HANKOU,R. CHAIR, THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. BRIEFLY ANY COMMENTS? MR. MANISCALCO? MANISCALCO MAWNZ KNOW THE NAMES WERE READ OF THESE GREAT AMERICAN HEROES AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE AND THAT IS HOW THEY WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. WHILE WE ARE HERE NOW AND LONG AFTER WE ARE GONE. THIS COUNTRY IS FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE THEY MADE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE FAMILIES AND THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE. THEY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. THEY WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN. I MEAN THE COURAGE THAT IT TAKES TO GO AND SERVE YOUR COUNTRY IN THAT CAPACITY. KNOWING THE RISK THAT IS BEING TAKEN, BUT THEY PUT COUNTRY FIRST. AND THEY MADE THAT ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND THOSE THAT SERVED ALONGSIDE, THOSE THAT DID COME BACK, WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS YOU MENTIONED AND TO THEIR FAMILIES FOR THEIR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY AND FOR WORLD PEACE. ANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: COUNCILMAN CITRO. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. REGARDLESS OF THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THIS, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN AFGHANISTAN DID THEIR DUTY. AND THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE GREAT SERVICE IN WHICH THEY HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO OUR CITIZENS. WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE A LONG LOOK AT OSE AFGHAN PEOPLE WHO ASSISTED US IN DOING THAT DUTY. AND TO OFFER OUR HELP, THEY GAVE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS COUNTRY. SO COUNCILMAN VIERA, COLONEL REYES AND THE OTHERS THAT ARE DOWNSTAIRS. I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. LUIS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. THE SACRIFICE OF THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES IS JUST BEYOND COMPREHENSION. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AS MUCH AS WE CAN, OUR HEARTS ARE WITH YOU. COLONEL REYES AND I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF SERVING TOGETHER IN VETERANS COURT. AND THE -- WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THE SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO COME HOME. BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY MADE IT BACK HOME WITHOUT PHYSICAL S SCARRING, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL SCARRING. AND THEY END UP IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND WE DO WHEN POSSIBLE WE NEED TO BE C COMPASSIONATE TOWARD THOSE AND RECOGNIZE THAT CERTAIN TRAUMA THAT RESULTED IN 20 YEARS OF THAT TYPE OF FIGHTING. AND THAT TYPE OF EXPOSURE RESULTS -- SOMETIMES RESULTS IN BAD BEHAVIOR. WE HAVE TO HAVE COMPASSION AND CARING AND THAT HAPPENS IN VETERANS COURT. WE APPRECIATE THAT PART OF YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, LUIS, FOR BRINGING THIS GOOD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YOU HAVE TO UNDER STAND THAT DEMOCRACY COMES WITH A LOT OF THINGS. UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THEM IS THEY VOLUNTEERED. THEY WEREN'T DRAFTED. THESE INDIVIDUALS VOLUNTEERED TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY AGAIN FROM WHAT HAPPENED 9/11. AND IT'S A WORLDHAT LIVE IN THAT IS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AFGHANISTAN THING. HOW CAN YOU LEAVE A COUNTY -- AND THE INVADERS ARE COMING BACK. BUT IT IS A WAR THERE. AND VOLUNTEERS OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED THERE IN THE FIELDS, GIVING US THE RIGHT TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT WE LIVE TODAY AND CONTINUE TO LEAD WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. NO ONE WANTS TO BE A GOLD STAR MOM. NO ONE. D TH GOOD COLONEL JUST MENTIONED 20 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. IT'S A SAD SITUATION IN LIFE, BUT DEMOCRACY COMES FOR A PR PRICE. THE WORLD THINK THAT LIVE IN, THE WORLD I USED TO LIVE IN, AND THE WORLD I SEE IN THE FUTURE CHANGES EVERY DAY. WE USED TO TAKE A WEEK TO FIND INFORMATION. NOW YOU FIND IT IN A MILLI SECOND. WHAT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND ESPECIALLY IN OTHER COUNTRIES, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT ANYMORE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW NEIGHBORHOODS CAN FIGHT AGAINST NEIGHBORHOODS FOREVER. 5,000 YEARS. AND MEN AND WOMEN WHO GIVE THEIR LIFE FOR THIS COUNTRY. AND IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN AND IRAQ, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NEVER, EVER FORGET. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. LOIS, THANK YOU FOR -- LUIS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT US TO AND SOMETHING WE WILL NEVER FORGET. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. DAY, THANK YOU.A BETTEEVER >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, COUNCIL ALWAYS APPRECIATES THAT YOU BRING THESE ITEMS TO OUR ATTENTION AND THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION. BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW. AND WE HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND COLONEL REYES WITH HIS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AND THE COLONEL AND THE GOLD STAR MOM TO COME AND TELL THEIR STORIES SO PEOPLE SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPENS WITH FAMILIES. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW TO KNOW. SO I AM GLAD THAT YOU MAKE US KNOWLEDGEABLE AND MAKE THIS COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGEABLE. AGAIN WE WILL TAKE UP YOUR RESOLUTION AT THE END OF THE DAY AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE MAKING PEOPLE KNOWLEDGEABLE WHAT YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT, MR. SHELBY, WE WILL GET INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. HOW MANY DO WE HAVE WAITING, REGISTERED, MADAM CLERK? NINE? HOW MANY DO WE HAVE DOWNSTAIRS? >>CLERK: 17. >>ORLANDO GUDES: 17? YOU OW, GENTLEMAN, WE HAVE A TOUGH AGENDA TODAY AND I KNOW PEOPLE WERE UPSET LAST WEEK, A WEEK BEFORE THAT WE CUT IT DOWN TO TWO MINUTES BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO GET THROUGH. I AM GOING TO SEE HOW FAST WE CAN DO THIS. BUT, AGAIN, WE ARE -- YOU KNOW -- AND I KNOW WE ARE -- THREE MINUTES FOR PUBLIC AND OUR RULES IT SAYS TWO MINUTES WHEN OVER 25 -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 15. AND THOSE RULES WERE TEMPORARY. THEY HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY BEEN ADOPTED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE WILL TRY GO AND GIVE THREE MINUTES TO TODAY, BUT EVENTUALLY WE WILL HAVE TLOOK AT BEING STERN WITH SOME OF THESE POLICIES BECAUSE WE HAVE A LONG AGENDA, AND WE GOT TO TRY TO GET THROUGH IT. BUT I AM NOT GOING TO HOLD THE TWO-MINUTE -- I WILL DO THE THREE MINUTES AND GET THROUGH IT. PUBLIC WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK. PLEASE GET TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND WE WILL GET THE NEXT SPEAKER IN TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. SIR, YOU ARE FIRST AND SAY YOUR NAME. >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS WADE. I AM KNOWN AS WAHID AND LABOWI. LIVE 41 YEARS, 21 IN TAMPA, FLORIDA. AND 21 YEARS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA PARK. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME DOWN HERE AND TALK ABOUT AFGHANISTAN WHERE I WAS BORN PERSONALLY. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT AOUT MY OWN BACKGROUND SO YOU KNOW WHO I AM. I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN TAMPA FOR 21 YEARS. MY BACKGROUND IN THE FITNESS INDUSTRY. I WAS RANKED THE TOP TRAINER NATIONAL TRAINING PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, CELEBRITIES, AND ALSO SOME OF THE ARMED FORCE PERSONNEL THAT WENT TO AFGHANISTAN AND CAME BACK. SOME OF THEM WITH BLOWN LEGS AND ARMS THAT CAME TO ME. AND I HELPED THEM TO -- ALL THE WAY AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BACK IN BETTER SHAPE. ONE OF THEM WAS JUSTIN GAR GARDENER. THE STATE AND BUILT HIM A HOUSE AND 5,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP. WHEN HE COME BACK FROM AFGHANISTAN, BOTH OF HIS LEGS WERE GONE. I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY PARENTS, MY FATHER WAS THE HEAD OF THE WHOLE ENTIREN AFGHANISTAN. HE IS ITS ONE THAT PUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE TIME OF SHAH AND MY MOTHER BEST FRIEND WITH THE KING AND QUEEN OF AFGHANISTAN AND PERSONAL SEAMSTRESS OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF AFGHANISTAN. MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME PERSONALLY SUCH AS RELIEF, CARE FLORIDA, MUSLIM DEMOCRACY FOR FAIRNESS AND SOME OF THE VETERANS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. AND THEY ALL ARE IN A STANDBY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PEOPLE THAT IS COME FROM AFGHANISTAN. BASICALLY I AM JUST HERE TO ASK THE QUESTION THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY ARE ON STANDBY. THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HELP OUR PEOPLE. AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE HUGE ORGANIZATIONS AS I SAID REACHED OUT TO ME PERSONALLY AND ASSURED ME THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE READY TO GO. THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE TO ASK THE CITY TO PLEASE HELP US TO BE ABLE TO HELP MY OPLEND BE ABLE TO HELP ALL THESE HUGE ORGANIZATIONS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL CORRECTLY AND PROPERLY AS WE ARE IN A STANDBY. THE MAIN THING WE ARE GOING TO NEED FROM THE CITY IS TO HELP WITH JOB, HOUSING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY IS LIMITED WHEN IT COMES INTO FUNDING, BUT THOSE AFGHANS, THEY DO DESERVE -- THEY DIDN'T ONLY FIGHT FOR AFGHANISTAN, BUT THEY THOUGHT FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNITED STATES DOWN HERE MAKING SURE THAT THEY TRANSLATE CORRECTLY AND PROPERLY TO MAKE SURE THAT T AMERICAN ARM FORCES ARE NOT IN MORE HARM -- MORE HARM'S WAY. SO AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, SIR. >> GOOD MORNING. MY. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF RADIANT HANDS. PART OF THE COALITION WHO PRESENTED A STATEMENT YESTERDAY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION GENEROUSLY INITIATED BY LUIS VIERA. WE WOULD LIKE TO TALK OF THE STATEMENT AND THANKLE COUNCILMAN FOR HIS GREAT SUPPORT. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY FAMILY HAS THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN SAFETY AND DIGNITY. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM WITH OPEN HEARTS AND HELPING HANDS. TOGETHER WITH THE REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, WE LIFT OUR VOICES TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL REFUGEES, FOR AFGHANI REFUGEES AND BETTER POLICIES, BETTER SUPPORT SY SYSTEM. WE ARE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY IN HELPING TO KEEP IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND AFGHANI FAMILIES TOGETHER. WHETHER THROUGH THE U.S. ASYLUM CENTER OR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM HERE AT HOME, WE HELP THE VULNERABLE BUILDIVES FREE FROM FEAR. EVERY DAY WE RECOGNIZE THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF REFUGEES TO OUR COMMUNITIES BRINGING INNOVATION TO OUR CITY AND STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGH THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO OUR PUBLIC LIFE AND CULTURE INSTITUTIONS. RADIANT HANDS IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO OVER 900 REFUGEES OUT OF WHICH ONE 25 AFGHANIS IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. OUR TEAM WILL BE READY TO HELP THE NEW FAMILIES BY OFFERING INTEGRATION, LANGUAGE IN THEIR. LANGUAGES TO GIVE THEIR L LONG-TERM NEED ASSIST IN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENTS. THIS INITIATIVE WILL ALLOW US ALL TO DIRECTLY IMPACT LIVES. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE PILLARS IN OUR CITY, CITY OF TAMPA, STANDING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND TRY ORGANIZATION TODAY AS WE TRY TO HELP AFGANI REFUGEES TOGETHER WITH OTHER REFUGEES. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >> HELLO, COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY ON THIS ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU SEVERAL TIMES TALKING OF THE ENCROACHMENT OF VEHICLES INTO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. ANDREW MOORE. I HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU SEVERAL TIMES TO DISCUSS ENCROACHABILITY OF COMMERCIAL VEHICL INTO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AS SHOWN HERE. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING AN ISSUE UP WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO DEFINE WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF THE "COMMERCIAL VEHICLE." I HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE MEMO FROM THE ATTORNEY. I PERSONALLY LIKE IT A LOT. I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL LIKE IT. I HOPE THAT YOU APPROVE IT. BUT I ALSO HOPE IT WILL SORT OUT THE ISSUE I HAVE SHOWN IN THESE PICTURES. WE CONSTANTLY HAVE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PARKED IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, THIS IS THE DRAENS AGAIN FROM ANOTHER ANGLE. AND AGAIN THIS IS THAT SAME ENTRANCE WITH OUR SCHOOL BUS STOP. WE ALSO HAVE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT PARK AROUND THE CORNER FROM THERE IN ANOTHER AREA. THE LOT ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE THERE, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL LOT. AND WE ARE STILL SEEING IT USED AS A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT. AND WHILE THE -- THE MEMO FROM THE ATTORNEY TODAY AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS CHANGING WOULD GET RID OF THESE VANS, WE STILL SEE QUITE A BIT OF -- OF REGULAR CARS PARKING IN THESE -- IN THESE LOTS. THESE LOTS ARE BEING USED COMMERCIALLY. AGN, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL LOT. THIS LOT IS ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL, BUT ONLY ZONED FOR TWO CARS. WE SEE THIS ENCROACHMENT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY DAY. IT HAPPENS ON ALL SIDES OF IT. AND THESE PICTURES, THERE ARE HOUSES RIGHT ON EACH SIDE OF THESE LOTS AND A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THIS SIDE RIGHT HERE. SO WE NEED TO FOCUS ON GETTING THE COMMERCIAL STUFF OUT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHILE THE FIRST STEP TODAY WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT NOT ALLOWING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES TO PARK IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS IS A GOOD ONE AND IT ALLOWS FOR THE PARK -- FOR THE OPERATOR TO TAKE THE VEHICLE HOME. ALLOWS FOR A VEHICLE TO COME ON TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF THEY ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH A CUSTOMER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE NEED TO CONTINE TO TIGHTEN UP THIS -- THIS CODE AND NOT HAVE THIS ABUSE OF THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY WHERE THEY SAID, HEY, YOU CAN ONLY PARK TWO VEHICLES COMMERCIALLY HERE. WE WILL JUST PUT TEN ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. OH, THIS IS RESIDENTIAL? WE WILL PUT IN TEN VEHICLES ALONG -- ALONG THE RIGHT RIGHT-OF-WAY. THERE ARE STIL MAJ PROBLEMS TO BE WORKED OUT. I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE FIRST STEP THOUGH OF GETTING RID OF THESE COMMERCIAL VANS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT ALLOWING THEM TO ENCROACH UPON IT. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS TREATED LIKE A RESIDENCE. WE WOULDN'T HAVE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PARKING AT A COMMERCIALS REINDEPENDENCE. WE SHOULDN'T SEE THEM IN A COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD UNLESS THEY ARE DOING BUSINESS OR THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE LIVES THERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU MAY BEGIN SIR. >> VICTOR DE MAYO AND PRESIDENT OF THE BOWMAN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I'M HERE WITH ANDREW MOORE THAT JUST SPOKE ABOUT OUR SITUATION. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT REAL QUICK TO PICTURES I BROUGHT WITH ME. THE PROBLEM WE HAD WITH THIS BUSINESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT -- IS THAT THEY HAVE TOTALLY TRASHED -- FOR FIVE YEARS THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO ENDURE EVERY DAY. SADLY YOU DON'T SEE -- WHAT -- WHAT, SIDEWALKS ALONG KATHLEEN STREET. AND IF THERE WERE SIDEWALKS THERE, WHICH IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THESE PEOPLE -- THESE VEHICLES WOULD BE TI TICKETED. BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS BUSINESS CONTINUES TO IGNORE -- IGNORE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND JUST USE THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AS THEIR PERSONAL PARKING LOT. WHAT WE HAVE ASKED YOU TO DO BESIDE TWEAKING THIS LANGUAGE WE WORKED WITH COUNCIL FOR A YEAR AND A HALF ON THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LINE THAT YOU CAN SEE UP HERE. THIS IS A LOT. ALL THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL LOTS. AND THIS BUSINESS WAS JUST RECENTLY AFFORDED A REDUCTION IN PARKING -- DON'T ASK ME WHY, FLORIDA 23 SPOTS TO 17. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. THEY PARK ALONG OUR GRAND ENTRANCE AND ALONG KATHLEEN. WHAT WE ARE ASKING THE CITY IS TO PLEASE -- AND WE HAD SPOKEN TO COUPLE OF COUNCILMEN ABOUT THIS -- IS TO PLEASE ASK FOR -- IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE PICTURE REAL QUICKLY. IS TO ASK FOR ALBANY AND KATHLEEN -- JUST THAT ONE BLOCK, FOR NO PARKING OF RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS DURING THE DAYTIME. ALL ALONG THE RIVER IN AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NO PARKING FROM 6 P.M. TO 6LE ON THE RIVERFRONT PARK, BUT IFWE CAN PLEASE BEG YOU -- WE ARE BEGGING YOU, PLEASE -- IF WE CAN PLEASE GET THE NO PARKING ON RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS DURING THE DAYTIME IN OUR GRAND ENTRANCE WE WOULD BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. HOPEFULLY WITH THIS TWEAK IN THE LANGUAGE TODAY THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PARKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE START -- START TO GET TICKETED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: STATE YOUR NAME AND BEGIN SPEAKING. >> HI, GOOD MORNING, COU COUNCILMEMBERS, HIBA RAHIM, I WORK ON THE COUNCIL OF AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS IN FLORIDA AND HERE WITH THE COALITION IN SUPPORT OF THE RESOLUTION THAT IS BEING PRESENTED BY COU COUNCILMAN LUIS VIERA OF THE AFGHAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT IN FLORIDA. WE AREERE WELME AND SUPPORT THAT RESOLUTION AS A COLLATION AND MEMBER OF CARE FLORIDA, WE FINDS THAT VERY C COMPASSIONATE AND GENEROSITY AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT AMERICANS REFLECT IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALSO HERE IN TAMPA BAY. WE WANT TO REMIND YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT THE STATEMENT THAT THE COALITION SENT THAT HAS SOME SUGGESTIONS BASE $ON OUR EXPERTISE IN THIS AREA IN TERMS OF HOW TO BETTER PROVIDE FOR THE REFUGEE POPULATION AS THEY COME TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA. FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THAT YOU THE COALITION HAS NUMEROUS MEMBERS, SOME OF WHOM WERE MENTIONED TO YOARLI TODAY, MDF, CARE FLORIDA, RADIANT HANDS, RELIEF IN TAMPA ALL OF WHICH IS TO ASSIST THE REFUGEE POPULATION AND URGE YOU TO UTILIZE OUR SERVICES FROM IMMIGRATION TO REFUGEE RES RESETTLEMENT TO OFFER SUPPORT IN WHATEVER WAY POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS RESETTLE IN A SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE AND STRATEGIC WAY SO THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF IMMIGRATION. THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF MEDICARE MEDICAID. ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE, SETTLEMENT, IN GENERAL. CHARITY. THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PROFESSIONAL ALLEGATION THAT ARE READY AND EQUIPPED AND WE STAND IN SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA TO HELP THIS BECOME AN EASY TRANSITION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BU BURTON. AFTER WAITING FOR, YOU KNOW, A VERY LONG TIME THIS MORNING, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE HIGHLY OFFENSIVE FOR ON THIS SIDE OF THE AISLE FOR PEOPLE'S TIME TO BE REDUCED TO TWO MINUTES SINCE WE ARE NOT GETTING PAID TO COME DOWN HERE. WE ARE PAYING FOR PARKING TO BE HERE. ON YOUR SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU ARE BEING PAID BECAUSE IT IS YOUR JOB. NONETHELESS, I WANT TO RISE TO SUPPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER 44. I THINK THE TERM OF VESTIGATING THE NAACP CANDIDATE WAS VERY HIGHLY OFFENSIVE, BECAUSE IF YOU HAD DONE ANY REAL INVESTIGATING, WOULD YOU SEE MR. IRVIN, TOO, IS A MILITARY VETERAN THAT HAS DONE EXTENSIVE WORK NOT ONLY SERVING HIS COUNTRY BUT HAS DONE EXTENSIVE WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE INVESTIGATION WAS BASED OFF OF WHAT? IT IS SUCH A DEROGATORY TERM TO USE IN THE CLIMATE OF WHICH WE ARE LIVING WHERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE IS UNDER CONSTANT ASSAULT. I FOUND THAT TO BE HIGHLY OFFENSIVE. MORE THAN JUST A SIMPLE APOLOGY NEEDS TO BE DONE. AS TO ITEM 105. PEOPLE CAN'T NEVER TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WAR. HOW WE GET THERE. THE COST OF WAR. THE RESOLUTION, OF COURSE, I WOULD NEVER PUT MYSELF IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO ENHANCE PEOPLE LIFE AND DIGNITY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IN EAST TAMPA WHERE WE ARE HAVING EXTREME CASUALTIES OF LIFE, WHERE THE MERA ARE GONE AND PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, WE WOULD APPRECIATE A RESOLUTION OF HOW DO COMMON EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN THIS CITY IN THAT COMMUNITY RISE ABOVE THE ISSUE OF POVERTY. HOW DO PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY RISE ABOVE THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS EMPLOYMENT. THE MENTAL COUNSELING AND HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL OUTSIDE OF THE CAMERAS. EVERY WEEK WE COME DOWN HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE SAME THING, AND YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. YES, IT ALL LOOKS PRETTY. ALL THE BEAUTIFUL SHINY OBJECTS U WANT TO DO. THE PLANTS. THE STATUES YOU WANT TO PUT IN THE ROUNDABOUTS BUT NOTHING HAS TRANSFORMED THAT COMMUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE, AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR HAVE A DIGNITY IN LIFE THAT WILL REMOVE HOPELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU ALL KNOW IT. BUT IT IS THE SMUGNESS AND ARROGANCE OF THAT BOARD THAT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING TO IMPROVE THE BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS CITY >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS EARNEST JOHNSON. I LIVE AT 2119 EAST -- ROAD. AND I OWN PROPERTY IN SEVERAL AREAS IN EAST TAMPA. AS I NOTICED THAT THE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS POLICE STATION IS COMING TO EAST TAMPA, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WITHOUT POLICE OFFICERS, WE JUST CAN'T MAKE IT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. I UNDERSTAND THEY NEED MORE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABILITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND THE GENTRIFICATION OF THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD THEY WANT TO PUT THE POLICE STATION IN IS SHAMEFUL. I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HOUSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT MY PEOPLE DO, NOT JUST POOR BLACKS, POOR WHITES. I SEE NO MOVEMENT FROM THE COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE COUNTY COUNCIL. AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS HOUSING. AROUND THE SAME HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS POLICE STATION YOU WANT TO BUILD, WE NEED THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE ALSO NEED HOUSING. WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THIS GENTRIFICATION OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE VESTED INTEREST IN THEIR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO INVESTED IN THAT. THEY GOT MARRIED IN THAT COMMUNITY. THEY RAISE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT COMMUNITY. THEY PAY FOR THE DICHOTOMY OF WHAT THAT COMMUNITY IS. MOVED OUT IN HOUSES THAT THEY ARE BUILDING THERE, THREE AND FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT THEY NEVER WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD. AND WE HAVE YOUNG COUPLES MARRIED IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THOSE PEOPLE GRANDCHILDREN ARE BEING MARRIED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY ARE BUILDING HOUSES THAT OUR PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S VERY SHAMEFUL. I HOPE THE COUNCIL START TO LOOK AT IT WHEN THEY START LOOKING AT THE NEW BUILDING AND STUFF FROM TAMPA PARK TO CHANNELSIDE, THE 25 MILLION OF THIS, 30 MILLION FOR THAT, 11 MILLION FOR THAT, BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING FOR THE COMMUNITY OF EAST TAMPA. I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I OWN PROPERTY IN EAST TAMPA AND I WANT TO DO BETTER WITH BUSINESS THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE NEED THE HELP OF THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE EVERY ONE OF YOU. >>ORLANDO GUS: TNK Y, SIR. MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU CONTACT MS. CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE ABOUT THAT STATEMENT, SIR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. I JUST DID CONFIRM FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC AWARENESS IS THAT WITH REGARD TO ANY MEMBER AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD, THEY ALL ARE REQUIRED, PER THE ORDINANCE, TO GO THROUGH A BACKGROUND CHECK. THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF BECOMING A MEMBER FOR ALL MEMBERS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. YOU MAY CONTINUE, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME. >> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING. PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL. JAWAD FAYEZ, LOCAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS OWNER HERE IN TAMPA. I'M ALSO A CHILD OF AFGHAN AMERICAN REFUGEES. I WAS BORN HERE AND RAISED HERE IN TAMPA, AND I'M PROUD ALUMNESS OF THE USF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA. I'VE COME BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL BROUGHT FORWARD BY COUNCILMAN VIERA TO WELCOME AFGHAN REFUGEES INTO OUR DIVERSE TAMPA COMMUNITY. MY FATHER DILIGENTLY SERVED THE AMERICAN EMBASSY AS A HEALTH CARE WORKER FOR OVER A DECADE IN AFGHANISTAN. WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE SOVIET INVASION OF HIS COUNTRY WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO LEAVE PEACEFULLY, HE WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS HOMELAND AND EVENTUALLY RESETTLED IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF TAMPA IN 1985. AT THAT TIME, WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST AND ONLY AFGHAN REFUGEE FAMILIES IN THE ENTIRE TAMPA BAY AREA WHEN THERE WERE VERY FEW RESOURCES FOR NEWCOMERS LIKE MY FAMILY. BUT WE WERE MET WITH MUCH LOVE AND SUPPORT. I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A TESTAMENT, AS A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT WHEN GIVEN A CHANCE TO PROSPER, AFGHAN AMERICANS HAVE EXCELLED AND CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN ALL SECTORS INCLUDING HLTH, BUSINESS, EDUCATION, AND COUNTLESS MORE. OUR CITY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BEING A WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR REFUGEES FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT LEGACY AND BE A SHINING BEACON OF HOPE AND PROSPERITY FOR THOSE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE IN OUR GREAT CITY OF TAMPA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU CAN BEGIN SPEAKING. >> MY NAME IS ELIZABETH DEAMB R/OS. I LIVE IN SKYPOINT IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON ITEM 81 ON THE AGENDA THIS MORNING, AND YOU -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. ITEM NUMBER 81 IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'M GOING TO ASK THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE MATTERS RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE AGENDA TO PLEASE HOLD YOUR COMMENTS SO WE CAN TAKE THEM DURING THE TIME OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT HE'S SAYING, MA'AM, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN PUBLIC HEARINGS YET. WE'RE JUST DOING PUBLIC COMMENT. WHEN YOUR ITEM 81 COMES UP, YOU CAN SPEAK ON THAT SUBJECT >> OH, OKAY. THEY TOLD ME TO COME SPEAK NOW. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAT'S OKAY. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. AGAIN, IF ANYONE IS SPEAKING ON ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE OR ON THE LINE, WHEN WE TAKE UP THAT ITEM NUMBER, YOU CAN SPEAK ON THAT ITEM NUMBER. JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS BEING TAKEN AT THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE WELCOME. >> GOOD MORNING, DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPASSION, YOUR GENEROSITY IN HEARING THIS IMPORTANT HUMANITARIAN ISSUE OF POSSIBLY -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> -- AFGHAN REFUGEES. NICK NAZARI. I AM AN AFGHAN AFRICAN AMERICAN. I HAVE BEEN SERVING AS AN EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA OVER EIGHT YEARS. MY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE DIRECT PATIENT CARE AND TEACHING RESIDENT PHYSICIANS. I FLED AFGHANISTAN AS A REFUGEE 21 YEARS AGO AFTER SPENDING ABOUT TEN YEARS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND THE UK, I EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN THE U.S. IN 2009. I KNOW ALL TOO WELL THE INJUSTICES COMMITTED BY THE BRUTAL TALIBAN REGIME TOWARDS ANYONE WHO DID NOT SHARE THEIR FANATIC BELIEFS BECAUSE I LIVED THROUGH IT IN THE 1990s. I AM A WITNESS TO THEIR TERROR AND DESPICABLE ATROCITIES THEY HAVE BEEN COMMITTING. THE REAL FEAR OF BEING TARGETED AND KILLED BECAUF MY ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND LED ME TO SEEK REFUGE ELSEWHERE. ALTHOUGH MY PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO SAVE MY LIFE, BUT ONCE I REACHED SAFETY, I WORKED EXTREMELY HARD THROUGH ENORMOUS CHALLENGES TO BECOME A DOCTOR. IN GENERAL, AFGHANS ARE GRATEFUL, HARDWORKING PEOPLE WITH GREAT SENSE OF BEING SELF-SUFFICIENT. WE DO NOT TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED. WE BELIEVE IN GIVING BACK MANY TIMES MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE GIVEN. WELCOMING AFGHAN REFUGEES INTO OUR COMMUNITY WILL NOT ONLY SERVE TONRICH THE LOCAL CULTURAL DIVERSTY THAT WE HAVE ALL COME TO CHERISH BUT WILL HELP IN BUILDING UP OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AS AFGHANS ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS WHEREVER THEY HAVE SETTLED. THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BROUGHT ME MUCH GRIEF AND PAIN WATCHING MY ANCESTRAL LANDFALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE TALIBAN ONCE AGAIN HAS BEEN HEART-WRENCHING. BUT THE PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION WOULD MEAN A GREAT DEAL FOR MY COMMUNITY. I REQUEST ALL RESPECTED MEMBERS RELUTION AND WORK TOWARDSHIS EFFICIENT RESOURCES TOWARDS RESETTLEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT OF THE NEW ARRIVALS. AS I BATTLE TO SAVE LIVES ON A DAILY BASIS DURING THIS RUTHLESS COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE PART OF NEW GENERATION OF AFGHAN AMERICANS BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASPIRE TO GREAT HEIGHTS AND ONE DAY BECOME PRODUCTIVE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND FEEL AS WELCOME AS I HAVE IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY IS WHAT GIVES ME HOPE AND COURAGE TO KEEP GOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. STATE YOUR NAME, MA'AM. >> CHAIR, WE HAVE NO MORE PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP DOWN THERE MS. EDWARDS. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE REGISTERED? >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY FOUR OF FIVE THAT ARE ONLINE RIGHT NOW. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. LET'S HEAR THEM. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE STEPHANIE POYNOR. STEPHANIE, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEMS 100 AND01, BUT I NEED TO SAY THAT 58 AND 59, WHICH ARE SOG FOLKS, 100% SUPPORT. THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT GRANT COME THROUGH SO THEY CAN STUDY SOME PLANNING FOR US. 100 AND 101 KIND OF BLEND TOGETHER. THEY ARE ABOUT THE PRIVATELY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENTS WHICH WE LAY FOLKS CALL PETAS. SO YOUR PETA IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT PETAS. THESE PETAS ARE COMING FROM -- THEY ARE NOT COMING FROM PRIVATE CITIZENS. THEY ARE COMING FROM FOLKS WHO ARE PAID TO FURTHER THE BEST INTEREST OF THEIR CLIENT WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY. I HAVE SEEN PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR EIGHT PITAS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. I'VE ONLY SEEN ONE THAT SEEMED TO BE EASY TO READ, WELL PREPARED WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS. THANK YOU, RICKY FIORICA -- HOPE I DIDN'T SLAUGHTER THAT TOO BADLY -- FOR A SIMPLE, LOGICAL PLANHAT ANYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND. GREAT WORK. SO SOME FROM MR. MICHELINI AND MR. LUM ARE IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION WITH ITEM 95 WHICH HAS BEEN CONTINUED UNTIL OCTOBER THE 28. WHY ARE WE EVEN CONSIDERING IT? MR. MICHELINI AND MR. LUM SAY THEY WORKED ON THE PITA TO HELP STAFF, SOME FORMER AND SOME CURRENT STAFF. I WOULD THINK IF IT REALLY NEEDED TO BE DONE, STAFF WAS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF GETTING THE JOB DONE. STAFF MONITORED IN MEETING WITH E GENTLEMEN AND THAN MONITORED MY PERSONAL OPINION ON THIS MATTER HAS NOT CHANGED. ONLY STAFF SHOULD BE MAKING CHANGES TO CITY CODE. CITY STAFF ARE THE EXPERTS WHO ARE OBLIGATED, AND FROM I'VE SEEN THEY DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY. AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS. I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE PITAS SUBMITTED IN THIS CYCLE IS 60 PAGES LONG OF TECHNICAL JARGON. NOBODY HAS TIME TO READ ALL THAT, BUT I DID. PAGE 7 OF THAT 60-PAGE DOCUMENT, THE APPLICANT REVEALED THAT THEY WANTED TO IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY WITH SOME OF THESE CHANGES. SEVEN PAGES IN. NOT ON THE FIRST PAGE OR THE SECOND PAGE. WELL, AND IT ALSO SAID IN THAT DOCUMENT THAT THEY HAD REACHED OUT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. WELL, GUESS WHAT, I NEVER TALKED TO THEM NOR HAD ANYBODY THAT I TALKED TO TALKED TO THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY TALKED TO, BUT IT WASN'T THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOLKS THAT I KNOW. BOTTOM LINE IS, SUPPORT 58, 59. GET RID OF THE PITA FOREVER AND EVERMEN, AND LET YOUR STAFF DO WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPERTS. AND I ALMOST FORGOT, MICROMOBILITY. I'M FOR IT. NUMBER 60. ITEM NUMBER 60. LAST BUT NOT LEAST -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MS. POYNOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. GOING TO BE KENTON BRADFORD. KENTON, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTT YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES -- UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. AS STATED MY NAME IS KENTON BRADFORD. I LIVE IN THE TOWERS, WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE TOWERS OF CHANNELSIDE, AND I'M SPEAKING IN REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 98, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE SOUND OR NOISE ORDINANCE, ONE OF THE TWO. ORIGINALLY, WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US, THE RESIDENTS HERE, THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD BE RULING ON WHETHER OR NOT CHANNELSIDE WRIT LARGE WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AS OPPOSED TO ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHAT I GUESS IT IS NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M IN FULL FAVOR OF THAT. I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU TWICE IN THE LAST SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS REGARDING THE NOISE EMANATING FROM PARK AND REC DIRECTLY BELOW ME. BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE NOW WITH ALL THE NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING IN AND THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WE ARE TURNING INTO MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL OR HSEHO ORIENTED COMMUNITY AND THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO SPARKMAN WHARF DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM US THEY SHUT DOWN AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME AT NIGHT AS OPPOSED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT BELOW ME, PARK AND REC. I'M IN FAVOR OF ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO DO TO TURN THIS INTO A RESIDENTIAL CODING OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU CALL IT, APPARENT ENTERTAINMENT CODING IT IS CURRENTLY UNDER. AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE JEAN STROHMEYER. JEAN, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> HELLO? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, MA'AM. >> HI. MY NAME IS JEAN STROHMEYER. I STARTED THE INTERBAY SOUTH OF GANDY CIVIC ASSOCIATION SO THAT WE THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE HAD SOMEONE TO TALK TO AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE YOUR AVERAGE WORKING PEOPLE. GENTRIFICATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SOUTH OF TAMPA, WE ARE NOT, QUOTE, SOUTH TAMPA. WE ARE SOG. THOSE NORTH OF GANDY WERE NOT ALLOWED ON OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD BACK IN THE DAY. I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT OUR CITY STAFF HAS RELATIONSHIPS WITH CERTAIN BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS O CHANGE OUR LAWS USING PITAS, PRIVATE INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENTS. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS. BUT WE HAVE JUST COME TO REALIZE THAT THESE CHANGES ULTIMATELY BENEFITED THE BUILDER, NOT US, THROUGH THE LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGES. AND BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR CHANGES, WE, THE PEOPLE, ALONG WITH UNANIMOUS VOTES OF CITY COUNCIL, WERE UNABLE TO STOP THEM FROM CHANGING THE VERY ESSENCE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, I HAVE LEARNED A VERY HARD AND SAD LESSONNHATHE REGULAR CITIZENS OF TAMPA, OUR VOICES DO NOT MATTER TO THIS CITY. WHAT WE WANT OR DO NOT WANT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS PREEMPTED BY WHAT THE CITY WANTS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL OF MY COMMENTS ON THIS AGENDA HAVE BEEN SENT TO YOU IN WRITING. I WILL REMAIN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE CITY, I WILL FIGHT ON MY KNEES IN PRAYER TO THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY WHO HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THIS CITY AND ONLY ALLOW WHAT HE WILL ALLOW. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE PARIS GARGINNIS. PARIS, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. >> GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY NEIGHBOR WHO SPOKE A FEW MINUTES AGO, MR. KENTON BRADFORD, ABOUT THE NOISE IN THE PART OF TAMPA CHANNELSIDE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF IMPLEMENTING THE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED BY THE STAFF AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT REGARDING CHAPTER 14 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA ORDINANCE. WE, THE RESIDENTS OF CHANNELSIDE, DESERVE SOME RELIEF FROM THE CONSTANT NOISE THAT'S AROUND US THAT HAS INCREASED TREMENDOUSLY THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. MR. KENTON IN PARTICULAR, PARK AND REC AT THE FLOOR GROUND LEVEL OF OUR BUILDING. ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, THE NOISE POLLUTION, WE WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>THE CLERK: THE NEXT SPEAKER REGISTERED TO SPEAK, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT LOG IN TO PARTICIPATE, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE GAMAL GAITHER. ALSO, SHAWN BROWN REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT DID NOT LOG IN TO PARTICIPATE. AND THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. OKAY GENTLEMEN. IT'S 11:20. WE'LL TRY TO GET THIS PLANE MOVING REAL QUICK AND UP IN THE AIR. CONSENT ITEMS, MOVE ITEM NUMBER 7 PLEASE. 5 AND 6 HAVE BEEN PULLED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I WILL MOVE ITEM 7. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO MOVED IT. MR. MANISCALCO HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOT >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO, MOVE ITEMS 8 THROUGH 15. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. I MOVE ITEMS 8-15. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MANISCALCO MOVES IT. DINGFELDER SECONDED. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, MOVE ITEMS6 THUGH6, PLEASE SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I MOVE ITEMS 16 THROUGH 36. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, MOVE ITEMS 37, EXCLUDING 44, WHICH HAS BEEN PULLED, TO 46, PLEASE SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVE 37 THROUGH 46 WITHHOLDING 44. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, MOVE 47 THROUGH 61, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: YES, SIR. MOVE 47 THROUGH 61. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA, CAN YOU MOVE ITEMS NUMBER 62 THROUGH 66, EXCLUDING 63 WHICH WAS REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MOVE 62 AND 64 THROUGH 66. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, PLEASE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO -- MR. SHELBY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, SIR. DOES THIS MOTION OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS INCLUDING THE 1030s? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR. MR. CITRO, REPEAT IT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: I MOVE TO OPEN ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSED? MR. SHELBY, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER AT THIS TIME ITEM NUMBER 86 FOR THE PURPOSES OF NOW HAVING IT BEEN OPEN TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM PER THE REQUEST OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND MEMORANDUM TO A CONTINUANCE TODAY TO 6 P.M. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO 6 P.M. ITEM 86. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND ON ITEM 86 TO 6 P.M. TODAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO HAS MOVED IT. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: OH, IF I CAN. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANT TO FINISH UP ON ITEM NUMBER 86. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED PRESENTLY, AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO PLAN TO SPEAK, ITEM NUMBER 86 WILL BE HEARD AT 6 P.M. THERE WILL BE NO OTHER NOTICE OF THAT. SO, PLEASE, IF YOU'RE REGISTERED, BE SURE TO LOG ON. IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO SPEAK TO BE HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR AT 6 P.M. COUNCIL AND PUBLIC, IF THIS MEETING OR WHEN THIS MEETING DOES CONCLUDE ITS BUSINESS IN THE MORNING OR THE AFTERNOON TODAY, THERE WILL BE A RECESS TAKEN FOR COUNCIL TO RECONVENE SPECIFICALLY FOR NUMBER 86 AT 6 P.M. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. DO WE GET TO VOTE ON THAT? MR. SHELBY, GENTLEMEN, WE DO HAVE ON THE STAFF REPORTS THIS AFTERNOON 89 90 91 92 93 IF I GET THAT MOVED TO CONSENT AT THIS POINT, WE CAN SHIHAT AND BE DONE WITH THAT. MR. MIRANDA HAS MOVED IT. MR. MANISCALCO HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE ON 89, 90, 91, 92, AND 93. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU WISH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, YOU CAN MOVE ITEM NUMBER 44, UNLESS COUNCIL WISHES TO HAVE IT PULLED FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BUT YOU DID HEAR FROM THE GENTLEMAN EARLIER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THAS COECT. WE CAN MOVE THAT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE 44 UNDER MY COMMITTEE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA HAS MOVED IT. DINGFELDER SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARINGS 67 THROUGH 72. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE ARE NOW OPEN. ITEM 67. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I THINK WE JUST SCHEDULED ALL THOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM NUMBER 73. >> SECOND READINGS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE'LL GO TO VIERA. >>LU VIERA: YES, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SECOND READING FOR 73. >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SORRY. ARE YOU ASKING ME TO -- >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE THAT -- >>LUIS VIERA: DON'T THEY HAVE TO FIRST DO THE PRESENTATION? OKAY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IS STAFF PRESENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: IS STAFF PRESENT FOR 73? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S A SCRIVENER'S ERROR, I BELIEVE. IS THAT CORRECT? >>ORLANDO GUDES: I CAN'T HEAR. VOLUME. CAN'T HEAR HIM. >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS RON WIGGINTON, LEGAL DEPARTMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >>RON WIGGINTON: GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 73 IS AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AMENDING ORDINANCE 2000-331 WHICH CONTAINS A SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT A. SECTION ONE OF THE ORDINANCE ACCURATELY SETS UP THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VACATED -- EASTERLY BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID VACATION. HOWEVER, EXHIBIT A INTENDED TO BE A SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTION INCLUDED ALL OF LOUISIANA WITHIN THE LIVINGSTON HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS ONE BLOCK TO THE EAST TOO MUCH AND RESULTS IN CERTAIN PROPERTIES BEING LAND LOCKED. IN ORDER TO AVOID FURTHER CONFUSION, IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE 2000 ORDINANCE TO BE AMENDED. MR. SAM MONS IS HERE AND AVAILABLE AND WILL BE PROVIDING THE VISUAL AIDS AND A PRESENTATION. I'LL BE AVAILABLE AFTERWARDS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> SALMONS, RIGHT-OF-WAMAPPG COORDINATOR, CITY OF TAMPA. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE PRESENTER TO SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE. CAN THE COUNCIL SEE MY SCREEN? >> YES, WE CAN. >> I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY SHOW THE ORIGINAL EXHIBIT, ORDINANCE 2000-331. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIR. JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER, ROSS, SINCE IT'S SECOND READING, I THINK WE ALREADY HEARD THIS ON FIRST READING THE DETAILS. UNLESS THE PUBLIC HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'M SURE COUNCIL IS PROBABLY COMFORTABLE WITH IT. SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF. WE'RE JUST SHORT ON TIME TODAY. >> THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ITEM? ANYBODY DOWN STAIRS ON THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER MOVED TO CLOSE. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR?% ANY OPPOSED? MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIR. MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2000-331, WHICH VACATED CLOSED DISCONTINUED AND ABANDONED CERTAIN RIGHTS-OF-WAY IN THE AREA DESCRIBED BELOW, IN ORDER TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT A TO SAID ORDINANCE AND REPLACING SAME WITH THE ATTACHED AND REVISING EXHIBIT A PRODING EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA MOVED IT. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, ROSS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 74. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE MS. MANDELL IS DOWNSTAIRS. >>ZAIN HUSAIN: ZAIN HUSAIN, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM4, AB2-21-18 IS BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING. SMALL VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY. THE ADDRESS IS 710, 802, 804, 807, 810, 812 AND 817 EAST SKAGWAY AVENUE. IT IS FOR BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR. CERTIFIED SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY CLERK AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY HERE FROM THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >> GOOD MORNING, JULIA MANDELL ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. IM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU HAVE A LONG DAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED TO CLOSE. SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. MANISCALCO, DO THE HONORS OF NUMBER 74, PLEASE, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. I HAVE A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND ADING AND ADOPTION. ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES/OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AND MAKING LAWFUL OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 710, 88 -- SECTION 3, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 75-A; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. MIRANDA, ON -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNOW I VOTED NO. I CAN CHANGE IT IF I LIKE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES, SIR. I WANTED TO POINT IT OUT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES FOR DINGFELDER. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE REASON I VOTED NO IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A THING ON THE ITEM THERE THAT WAS A PACKAGE SALE OFF-PREMISE AND SOMEHOW WE CONVINCED THE PETITIONER SHE SHOULD TAKE IT OUT. WHEN THE PETITIONER IN ESSENCE AND IAT BK AND WATCHED. I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FAIR. THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEREFORE I'M CHANGING MY VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ITEM 75. >>ZAIN HUSAIN: ZAIN HUSAIN, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION GOING OVER AGENDA ITEM 75. ACE AB 2-21-20, PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING. SMALL VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES F-PREMISES CONSUMPTION. BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 717 AND 802 NORTH 12th STREET. CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK, AND HERE AND AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? >> YES. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN. STEVE GARDNER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, SUITE 1100, CULLEN GREEN, OWNER OF FOUR GREENS FIELDS. FIRST WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROJECT AND ALL CHANGES THAT WERE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY TO THE SITE PLAN HAVE BEEN MADE, AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL THIS MORNING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR FOR THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM MOVE TO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE. MIRANDA, MANISCALCO SECOND? MR. CARLSON, ITEM 75. >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE FILE AB 2-21-20, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT (S-2) FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES -- SMALL VENUE (CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES/OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION) AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 717 AND 802 NORTH 12th STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NEXT ITEM. >>ZAIN HUSAIN: ZAIN HUSAIN. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 76. CASE AB 2-21-22 BEING PRESENTED RESTAURANT CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY. IT IS FOR BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR. THE LOCATION IS AT 1606 WEST SNOW AVENUE. CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, IF NEEDED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. >> YES, SIR. COUNCIL, STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK VILLAGE. WE HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE CITY'S REQUEST FOR MAKING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE SITE PLAN, AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? ANYONE SPEAK ON THIS ITEM ON THE SECOND FLOOR? ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE? MR. MANISCALCO MOVED IT. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. CITRO, DO THE HONORS OF 76 PLEAS SIR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FILE AB 2-21-22, AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT (S-2) FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, RESTAURANT (CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY) AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR, ON CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1606 WEST SNOW AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3; PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED; REPEALING AB1-21-07; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR -- ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ITEM 77, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING. STAFF? >>ZAIN HUSAIN: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 77, CASE REZ-21-30 IS BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING. IT IS A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 813 WEST AMELIA AVENUE. PROPOSED REZONING FROM RS 60, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND EXTENDED FAMILY RESIDENCE. CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I HAD A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF THE APPLICANT IS ONLINE OR NOT. DO WE KNOW? >> YES. HELLO? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: CAN YOU PUT IT ON VIDEO? ARE YOU ON VIDEO? >> N YO HEA ME? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE CAN HEAR, JUST CAN'T SEE YOU. >> CAN YOU SEE IT NOW? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN SEE YOU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. FOX, I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DRAWINGS, I NOTICED THAT ON THE PROPOSED NEW HOME ON THE EMPTY LOT -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, HE HAS TO BE SRN IN. >>THE CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? >> YES, I DO. >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO, COUNCIL, THIS WAS OVER THERE BY ARMATURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS WAS BASICALLY TWO LOTS, ONE HOUSE -- ONE EXISTING HOUSE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND THEN A PROPOSED HOUSE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, WHICH IS ALL FINE AND GOOD. BUT MY QUESTION, MR. FOX, ON THE LEFT-HAND PROPOSED HSE, IT SHOWS A GARAGE IN THE FRONT AND A SMALL LITTLE PORCH, BUT THEN IT SHOWS A REAR LOADED GARAGE ON THE ALLEY AS A SEPARATE STRUCTURE. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING FOR THAT NEW HOME, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING -- FRONT-LOADED GARAGE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF CHARACTER. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY DESIGN IT THAT WAY AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING A FRONT PORCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE NEW TWO-STORY HOME AND JUST USING THE REAR-LOADED GARAGE? THIS IS A PD, BY THE WAY. >> I HAD WANTED THE EXTRA GARAGE SPACE SIMPLY BECAUSE THE GARAGE IS VERY, VERY SMALL THAT I'M DOING ON BOTH OF THEM, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CARS, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PARK ALL THE CARS AND HAVE ROOM -- I WORK -- I DO A LOT OF HANDY STUFF AROUND THE HOUSE AND I BUILD STUFF, SO THE REAARAGE IS A BIT BIGGER. I CAN HAVE ALL MY TOOLS THERE AND BE ABLE TO DO STUFF THERE WITHOUT IT BEING OUT FRONT. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. DID YOU GET ANY COMMENTS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT A FRONT-LOADED GARAGE? BECAUSE IT DOES APPEAR TO ME IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ISN'T IT MOSTLY ALLEY GARAGES? >> IT'S A MIX. BUT, YEAH, PRIMARILY -- THERE'S NOT THAT MANY FRONT-LOADED GARAGES, BUT THERE ARE SOME AND AS THEY ARE BUILDING, THEY ARE BUILDING MORE OF THEM. ASAR A MY NEIGHBORS, ALL MY NEIGHBORS ARE QUITE HAPPY. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 27 YEARS. EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT AND EXCITED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT. I WAS MORE CURIOUS ABOUT IT WHEN I NOTICED IT TODAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE? MS. WELLS, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>CATE WELLS: CATE WELLS FOR THE RECORD. I JUST WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, THE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I JUST WANTED THE RECORD FOR TODAY TO REFLECT THAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DEPUTY CLERK, DID YOU GET THAT FOR THE RECORD? MS. WELLS, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FOR THE CLERK, PLEASE? >>CATE WELLS: THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT DURING THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER WAS ASKING ABOUT FEEDBACK THAT THE APPLICANT MAY HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE NEIGHBORS, THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE HEARING WHEN THIS WAS FIRST HEARD BY COUNCIL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I DO RECALL THAT. THANK YOU, CATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVE TO CLOSE SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. DINGFELDER, NUMBER 77, PLEASE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: I MOVE THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE AS RELATED TO FILE REZ-21-30, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 813 WEST AMELIA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 (RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND EXTENDED FAMILY RESIDENCE); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ARLIMIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 78. >>ZAIN HUSAIN: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM 78, CASE REZ-21-32. THIS IS FOR SECOND READING. PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3217 WEST PAUL AVENUE. THIS PROPOSED REZONING FROM RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY. IT IS A EUCLIDEAN, SO NO SITE PLAN WAS REQUIRED. I'M HERE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. >>ORLANDGUDE ANYUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT? >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING MOBLEY HOMES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE GOT YOU NOW. WE DIDN'T HAVE YOU ON SCREEN. WE'VE GOT YOU ON SCREEN NOW. THANK YOU. >>STEVE MICHELINI: OKAY. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED -- IT WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT BY THE CITY STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. MICHELINI? ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR SPEAKING ON ITEM 78? ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE REGISTERED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED TO CLOSE, SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MR. MIRANDA, 78. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FILE 78, REZ-21-32, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3217 WEST PAUL AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 (RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY) TO RS-50 (RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. ORIGINAL MOTION TO ADOPT SAID ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING BY MR. DINGFELDER AND MR. CITRO. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE CRITERIA BY THE CITY CODE AND CHAPTER 27 FOR PD WITH NO WAIVERS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. DINGFELDER. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. >>ZAIN HUSAIN: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 79, CASE REZ-21-34, THIS IS FOR A SECOND READING. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3411, 3413 AND 3415 NORTH 29th STREET. THERE IS A PROPOSED REZONING FROM PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL TO P PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL. CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF AT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT ON THIS? >> YES. TRUETT GARDNER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES, SIR, WE CAN. >>TRUETT GARDNER: ZAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, WE RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THIS MINOR MODIFICATION TO AN EXISTING PD TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE OFFICE, JULY 22nd. HAPPY TO ANSWER A QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ANYONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR FOR THIS ITEM? ANYONE REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOVED TO CLOSE. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? WE'RE BACK TO MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN, I HEREBY MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3411, 3413 AND 3415 NORTH 29th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONIN PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE, BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, OFFICE, BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NUMBER 80, PUBLIC HEARINGS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I'D ASK YOU TO GO BACK TO THE ITEMS THAT WERE UNDER STAFF REPORTS. I BELIEVE I NEGLECTED TO INFORM YOU THAT IT INCLUDED ITEM 88. JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, I'D ASK THAT THE COUNCIL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM 88 IN CASE IT WAS OVERLOOKED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 88? MR. MANISCALCO MOVED IT. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT, PLEASE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. UNIMOUY.ERK: THE MOTION CARRIED >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. NUMBER 80, PUBLIC HEARING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE THERE IS GOING TO BE A STAFF PRESENTATION. >> YES, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE WESTSHORE SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AND ALSO APPROVING THE WESTSHORE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANN COOL I GO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE ON THE LINE AS WELL. I'M PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT EACH RESOLUTION IS TO BE ADOPTED DURING THE HEARING, PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MORRIS? WE HAVE MS. ANN THERE. >> YES, I AM. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. ANN COOLIG. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE. AS A REMINDER, THIS WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN 2002. IT IS ASSESSED ONLY ON COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. WE DO NOT ASSESS HOMESTEADED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOME OWNERS, ET CETERA. AND IT IS USED FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS AND PLANNING, MARKETING FOR THE DISTRICT AND SOME PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. THE ASSESSMENT RATE THIS YEAR HAS BEEN LOWERED SLIGHTLY TO 13.25 CENTS PER THOUSAND. ST YR IT WAS 13 CENTS .8 CENTS PER THOUSAND. WE DID HOLD A PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON AUGUST 18 AND INVITED PROPERTY OWNERS TO JOIN US TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HAD A FEW ATTENDEES. I'M CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE THERE ARE SPEAKERS DOWNSTAIRS, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SPEAKERS DOWNSTAIRS FOR NUMBER 80. ANY SPEAKERS DOWNSTAIRS FOR ITEM NUMBER 80? >> NO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO SPEAKERS. ANYBODY REGISTERED TO SPEAK? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO HAS MOVED. MR. MIRANDA HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MAIN SLBY: NOW THE ASSESSMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO HAS MOVED IT. MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: A MOTION TO CLOSE PLEASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO CLOSE THAT HEARING. MR. MANISCALCO MOVED TO CLOSE, MR. MIRANDA SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? ITEM 81. >> YES, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE ADOPTION OF A NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE DOWNTOWN SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN SPECIAL ASSESSMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP. WE SHOULD HAVE LINDA REDMAN ON THE LINE WHO IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, AND I AM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MR. IS MS. REDMAN ON? >> I AM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE CAN HEAR YOU BUT CAN'T SEE YOU. >> LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THE CAMERA GOING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE SEE YOU NOW. >> GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I AM LYNDA REMUND, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP. I AM HERE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF A NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT 41 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE PROVISIONS OF PAYING FOR RVIC SUCH AS SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE MARKETING BEAUTIFICATION TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER RELATED COSTS. WE HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION, OR THE DISTRICT HAS, SINCE 1994. OUR ASSESSMENT RATE THIS YEAR IS AT 1.0285, WHICH IS GOING TO BRING US ABOUT A $3.6 MILLION BUDGET. WE HAVE HELD SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS -- NOT PUBLIC HEARINGS BUT COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND ALSO PRESENTED IN FRONT OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO CONTINUE OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYBODY HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? 81? STATE YOUR NAME FOR US. >> ELIZABETH DEAMBROSE. I LIVE AT SKYPOINT IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT RESIDENT ISSUES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. MANY PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE DISTRICT FEEL THAT IT'S TREATED AS A BUSINESS AND TOURIST DESTINATION, BUT NOT AS A RESIDENTIAL AREA ALSO. SO WE FEEL THAT THE PRESENCE OF POLICE IS LACKING. ONE OF THE FAMOUS COMMENTS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN IS WHERE ARE THE POLICE? NO ONE SEES POLICE PATROLS AT ALL. THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS INCREASINGLY GETTING WORSE. WE'RE BUILDING AND EXPANDING ON TO THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART AND THE STRAZ CENTER, AND YET THE CITY COUNCIL CNOT GET THE HERMAN MASSEY PARK BUILT. SO WHEN WE WALK OUR DOGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S GARBAGE ALL OVER THE PLACE, HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND A PROMISE OF THESE THINGS, BUT THEY ARE NEVER DONE. THE LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS NOT CONSISTENT. ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE PUT IN YOU BASICALLY HAVEN'T MAINTAINED. WH I BRING UP THESE ISSUES,L. I'M BRINGING THEM UP BECAUSE, AGAIN, BEING ASSESSED AS A RESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE DON'T FEEL THAT RESIDENTS ARE AS IMPORTANT AS THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY SHOULD BE EQUAL PARTS. THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MA'AM, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT YOU HAVE A CAC, WHICH IS YOUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY S COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THROUGH OUR CRA BOARD, ASKED FOR POLICE SERVICES, SO THAT'S COMING. AS RELATES TO HERMAN MASSEY PARK, THAT'S NOT COUNCIL'S FAULT. LITIGATION ISSUES WITH BOTH PARTIES. I THINK THEY ARE WORKING THOSE THINGS OUT. I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I THINK A LOT OF THINGS ARE COMING TO ADDRESS THE RESIDENTIAL ISSUES. >> WELL, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE PARK, THEY HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. BUT WHO TOOK PRECEDENT IN THAT? IT WAS THE LANDOWNER WANTING PART OF THE CITY PROPERTY, CORREC >>ORLANDO GUDES: I CAN'T ELABORATE ON THAT. >> AND THEN IT WAS HELD UP FOR SO LONG. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I CAN'T ELABORATE ON THAT. THERE WERE SOME LEGAL ISSUES THERE. BUT THE LANDOWNER DID HAVE RIGHTS. I WOULD SAY THAT. I THINK THEY WORKED SOME OF THOSE ISSUES OUT AND I THINK THAT'S FORTHCOMING. I THINK IT'S GETTING CLOSE, BUT I THINK IF YOU GET WITH YOUR CAC, YOUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR YOUR CRA IN THAT DISTRICT, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN ADDRESS WITH THEM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> YEAH, WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THEM, BUT IT'S SLOW. AND WE'RE NOT GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION AS THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WELL, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I SEND A MEMO TO THE MANAGER OF THAT CAC AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING. I ASK THAT YOU STILL GIVE THEM A CALL, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ARE ASKING TODAY, THAT THEY ADDRESS THEM WITH YOU. BUT I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE FORTHCOMING. I KNOW GOVERNMENT RUNS SLOW SOMETIMES. I GET UPSET, TOO, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THOSE THINGS ARE FORTHCOMING. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THA YOU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LYNDA, ARE YOU STILL ON THERE FROM THE PARTNERSHIP? >> I AM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DID YOU HEAR HER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? >> YES, SIR, I DID. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ANY RESPONSE? I GUESS THE PARTNERSHIP OVER THE YEARS, HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON BUSINESSES, AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT NOW WE DO HAVE A NEW DYNAMIC WITH A LOT MORE PEOPLE LIVING DOWNTOWN. AND THEN I GUESS IF YOUR AREA ALSO INCLUDES WATER STREET, WE EVEN HAVE MORE, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. IT'S A GOOD THING FOR BUSINESSES. IT'S A GOOD THING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. BUT ANYWAY, ANY RESPONSE TO THE YOUNG LADY'S CONCERNS? >> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THAT, COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER. I WILL SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE MAINTAIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS. SO A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPE BEDS ARE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY'S PARKS DEPARTMENT. WE DO WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM. WE ARE ALSO WORKING AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE NOW HAVE 16,000 PLUS RESIDENTS LIVING IN DOWNTOWN. WE DO REACH OUT TO THEM QUITE OFTEN. AS PART OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE ARE CONSTANTLY ENGAGING OUR RESIDENTIAL BASE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE. I RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE MS. DEAMBROSE'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE HOMELESS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY STAFF VERY, VERY CLOSELY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ON THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES AND HAVE HAD MANY, MANY MEETINGS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS PULLING IN NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDERS TO DISCUSS THOSE ISSUES. SO IT IS ON OUR RADAR. WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE, AND I WOULD WELCOME ANY RESIDENT OR BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAS AN ISSUE TO PLEASE CALL THE PARTNERSHIP. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH ANYONE AND GO OVER ALL OF THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE AND TO ENHANCE THOSE SERVICES AND ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: LYNDA, I KNOW YOU HAVE A BOARD. HOW BIG IS YOUR BOARD? >> OUR BOARD IS 49. 49 BUSINESS LEADERS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: 49 BUSINESS LEADERS. >> BUSINESS LEADERS, AND WE ALSO HAVE -- A COUPLE OF THEM ARE RESIDENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHO ADVISES US ON THE DISTRICT SIDE OF THE OPERATIONS. SO WE ALSO HAVE RESIDENTS ON THAT BOARD AS WELL, ON THAT ADVISORY COUNCIL. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MAYBE THE BOARD -- AND MICHAEL, I SEE YOU THERE, I'M NOT IGNORING YOU -- BUT MAYBE THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER SOME SPECIFIC POSITIONS, BOARD POSITIONS IN THE FUTURE FOR RESIDENTS. DO RESIDENTS PAY -- IF THEY OWN THEIR CONDOS, ARE THEY ASSESSED AS WELL? >> THEY ARE, YES, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WELL, IN THAT CASE, NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION RIGHT? SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN NEXT YEAR MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC POSITIONS ON THE BOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >> [INAUDIBLE] SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT IS HIS NAME SIR? >>ORLANDO GUDES: SAY YOUR NAME. >> DANIEL TRAUGOTT. I GUESS I KIND OF JUMPED INTO THE CONVERSATION ATHEIGHT TIME. PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. NEIGHBORHOOD TOPICS JUST CAME UP. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE ADOPTION OF THE NON-AD VALOREM TAX OR THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA PARTNERSHIP. WE ALL KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP DOES. WE KNOW THEY RUN THE CLEAN TEAM TO KEEP THE CITY CLEAN. THEY ACTIVATE PARKS WITH PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS. THEY HAVE DOWNTOWN GUIDES. THEY HAVE DOZENS OF PLANTERS AROUND TOWN. THE POTS AND SO FORTH WITH FLOWERS AND SO FTH. SEPARATE FROM THE LANDSCAPE AREAS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING A LITTLE WHILE AGO. DO THINGS LIKE MURALS ON THE STREETS AND SO FORTH. ASIDE FROM THE MORE VISIBLE THINGS LIKE THAT THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNESHIP DOES DO A LOT OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES. THEY HAVE WORKED WITH US EXTENSIVELY IN HELPING US TO FIGURE OUT SOME ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY PUT US IN TOUCH WITH CITY OFFICIALS AND LEADERS AND JUST GENERAL ADVICE TO HELP GUIDE US THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING DOWNTOWN. I KNOW THAT CITY COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA PARTNERSHIP IS HELPING TO FOSTER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DOWNTOWN. IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE, I THINK, WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE ABOUT 3,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AS WELL AS A THE STRAZ CENTER, AND I DON'TE,- KNOW IF COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT THE RIVERWALK, THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA RIVERWALK, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF TRIP ADVISOR. THEY ARE LIKE THE LARGEST TOURIST WEBSITE. THE RIVERWALK IS THE NUMBER THREE THING TO DO IN TAMPA. I HAD BUSCH GARDENS, THE ZOO AND HEAD OF THE AQUARIUM. WE HAVE A LOT OF TOURISTS DOWNTOWN. THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP IS HELPING TO HELPING US TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MANAGE NOT ONLY RESIDENTS BUT ALL THE TOURISTS AND PEOPLE THAT COME DOWNTOWN. SOME OF THEM DO CAUSE PROBLEMS. SO THEY ARE HELPING US TO FIGURE OUT WAYSO MANAGE THE PEOPLE AND ACTIVITY AND THINGS GOING ON DOWNTOWN AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. THE STAFF AT THE PARTNERSHIP IS ACTUALLY VERY TRULY DEDICATED AND GREATLY INTERESTED IN KEEPING DOWNTOWN A GREAT PLACE AND BUILDING DOWNTOWN INTO AN EVEN GREATER PLACE. FOR THOSE REASONS I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL CONTINUE THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ELSE? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE ELSE IS REGISTERED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO HAS MOVED THE RESOLUTION. SECONDED BY MR. CITRO. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MIRANDA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CITRO MOVED THE SECOND. MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE] >>JOHN DINELDE YES >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH MIRANDA BEING ABSENT AT SLOAT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, IT'S NOW 12:00. I BELIEVE WE CAN GET THROUGH THE LAST THREE ITEMS IF WE EXTEND THE TIME TO 12:15. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOVED IS. MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? A MOTION TO CLOSE 81.D YOU HAVE >>ORLANDO GUDES: TO CLOSE 81, DINGFELDER. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. ITEM 82. >> AGAIN, BRIAN MORRISON, CITY CITY ATTORNEY. PUBLIC HEARING FOR ADOPTION OF THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND YBOR CITY AREAS REGARDING THE OPERATING COST OF THE TAMPA YBOR HISTORIC ELECTRIC STREETCAR PROJECT. WE HAVE MICHAEL ENGLISH, PRESIDENT OF THE STREETCAR ON THE LINE, AND WE MAY ALSO HAVE SOMEONFROM HART. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. LET'S HEAR FROM THOSE REPRESENTATIVES BRIEF PRESENTATION, MR. ENGLISH. >> VERY BRIEF. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS MICHAEL ENGLISH. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE STREETCAR BOARD. ALSO ON THE LINE, IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS IS MR. BRIAN ALLEN, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF STREETCAR OPERATIONS FOR HART. WE ARE HERE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR THE STREETCAR. AS YOU KNOW, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR BUDGET, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS MIGHTILY APPRECIATED YOUR SUPPORT, WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR 22 YEARS. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED TO CLOSE. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: MR. ENGLISH, PLEASE REFRESH MY MEMORY. ALL THREE OF THE CRAs, DOWNTOWN, CHANNELSIDE, AND YBOR CITY ONE ARE PUTTING IN MONIES FOR THE STREETCAR, ARE THEY NOT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: OKAY. AND THE PORT IS STILL OFFERING NOTHING FOR THIS? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. >>JOHN DINGFELDE MR.HAIRMAN, I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YOU'RE RECOGNIZED SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU. MICHAEL, I KNOW I FOR ONE, AND I THINK ALL OF COUNCIL IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR AND THE UPDATING OF THE STATIONS, ET CETERA, OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM. WHAT SORT OF TIME FRAME ARE WE LOOKING AT TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? >> THE DESIGN OF THE EXTENSION HAS BEEN WELL UNDERWAY FOR SOME TIME. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF THERE IS A REFERENDUM A YEAR FROM NOVEMBER FOR A LOCAL SALES TAX, AGAIN, WHICH IT WOULD BE CRITICAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE STREETCAR EXTENSION BECAUSE THAT EXTENSION REQUIRES A LOCAL MATCH AS WELL AS FUNDS FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'LL HAVE AN EXTENSION COMPLETE BY 2024 TO '25. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THAT WILL TAKE US, AT A MINIMUM, UP TO ARMATURE WORKS, UP TO -- >> EXACTLY. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: TAMPA HEIGHTS. >> PALM AVENUE. UM-HUM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER MOVED IT. SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: [INAUDIBLE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: Y. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE? MR. MANISCALCO MOVED TO CLOSE THE HEARING. MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? WE'RE CLOSED. ITEM NUMBER 83. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR A MEM. JAN McLEAN, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. ITEM 83, A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE ANNUAL STORMWATER SERVICE ASSESSMENT WITHIN THE INCORPORATED BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING FOR THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN THE CITY. THE ADOPTION ALSO -- ALSO THE ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL TO BE CERTIFIED TO THE TAX COLLECTOR TO BE BILLED FOR THE NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT. IF I COULD REMIND YOU AS WELL AS IN THE PREVIOUS NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS, THE VOTE MUST BE TAKEN WITHIN THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE IT IS CLOSED. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO OBJECTIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYONE THERE TO SPEAK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR CITY STAFF? ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM ON THE SECOND FLOOR? ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM ON THE SECOND FLOOR? REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: I HAVE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO MOVED THE RESOLUTION. MR. MIRANDA HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: [INAUDIBLE] >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH VIERA BEING ABSENT AT VOTE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA HAS MOVED TO CLOSE. SECONDED BY MR. DINGFELDER. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? CARRIED. ITEM NUMBER 84. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. McCLAIN EVANS ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 84. PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT THE ANNUAL ROLL FOR THE STORMWATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENTS. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO LETTERS OF OBJECTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. MAY I RESPECTFULLY REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT NOT ONLY MUST WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS HEARING, BUT THE VOTE MUST ALSO OCCUR BEFORE IT CLOSES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM ON THE SECOND FLOOR? WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. >> HELLO, COUNCIL. MY NAME ISIO HEANEY BRUHAM, I'M ALSO HERE WITH MY MOM JEANETTE WHO WANTS ME TO SPEAK. WE WANT TO OBJECT TO THE IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT FOR THE STORMWATER ON BROADWAY AND 61st STREET. JUST LAST YEAR ALONE, OUR TAX WENT UP FOR ONE PROPERTY ALONE, TWO PROPERTIES DIVIDED IN TWO. SO IT'S FOUR TAX BILLS. EACH ONE, ONE OF THEM WAS ALREADY $650 THAT WAS AN INCREASE IN 2020. THE OTHER PROPERTY WAS ABOUT $300 AND SO FORTH. SO NOW THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE STORMWATER, THEY WANT TO INCREASE ONE OF THE PROPERTIES IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN $588. THE OTHER TO $642.97. THE OTHER $208.65. AND $191.06. AS TAXPAYERS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC. THAT PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PROPERTIES VACANT.% WE PAY MORTGAGE. WE PAY MAINTENANCE. CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTUALLY JUST HAD US REBUILD THE WHOLE FENCE ALL AROUND, THAT COST US $5,000. WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS ASSESSMENT. I'M NOT AGAINST IMPROVEMENT, BUT DEFINITELY I FEE LIKE THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY OR MAYBE DECREASE THE ASSESSMENT. AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: JUST HOLD ON THERE JUST FOR A SECOND, MA'AM. I HAD A QUESTION OF STAFF AS RELATED TO YOUR COMMENT. GOING BACK TO LEGAL OR WHOEVER WAS UP THERE, JAN OR YOUR COMPADRE, DID WE INCREASE FROM THIS YEAR -- IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFIC FEE, THE MILGE, OR HOWEVER IT'S CALCULATED ON VARIOUS PARCELS? I THOUGHT IT WAS A RELATIVELY STABLE ASSESSMENT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. >>JAN McLEAN: ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT, AND THIS WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2016 SET OUT A PHASED-IN RATE STRUCTURE SO THAT THIS YEAR IS THE LAST YEAR OF THE INCREASE, AND IT MAXES OUT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ASSESSMENT TERM -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, JAN? A PERCENTAGE INCREASE. >>JAN McLEAN: I DON'T HAVE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE. I DO KNOW THAT THE RATE AT THIS POINT IS $89.55 PER EQUIVALENT STORMWATER UNIT. SO DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ESUs ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY OR IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S FOUR PROPERTIES, BASED ON THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT'S ON THOSE PROPERTIES, 89.55 PER ESU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE'LL GET CHARLIE TO HELP US WITH MATH WHIZ.S BECAUSE HE IS OUR $89 THIS YEAR AND HOW ABOUT LAST YEAR? ANYBODY KNOW WHAT LAST YEAR'S ASSESSMENT WAS? I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT SORT OF INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR. >>JAN McLEAN: I THINK LAST YEAR -- I'M SORRY THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT. I'LL HAVE TO GO FROM MY OLD MEMORY. BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE $87 RANGE PER ESU IN SOME SENSE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: 87? >>JAN McLEAN: YES. IT WENT UP INCREMENTALLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS. >>JOHN DINGFELR: Y'RE TALKING ABOUT A $2 PER ESU DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR APPROXIMATELY? >>JAN McLEAN: IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY, YES, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO THE -- TO THOSE FOLKS, I GUESS WHETHER OR NOT WE LIKE IT OR NOT AND THAT SORT OF THING, THIS HAS BEEN ON PEOPLE'S BILLS SINCE -- FOR THE LAST FOUR, FIVE YEARS, SINCE 201 AND IT'S JUST GONE UP A TINY LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, UNLESS YOUR BILL IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE JUST HEARD. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT AN ESU IS BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT AN ESU IS, BUT I DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MATH AND SHE SAID $2 OF CHANGE OUT OF THE $89 IS NOT A HUGE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. >> I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR ONE OF E PROPERTIES THAT'S 14-15. 2019, I'M SPEAKING OVERALL PROPERTY TAXES. I'M NOT SURE IF I'M USING -- >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE CAN'T ADDRESS OVERALL PROPERTY TAXES, BUT WE CAN ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC ISSUE, WHICH IS THIS ITEM. CAN YOU QUICKLY TELL ME WHAT THE INCREASE WAS ON HER BILL FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR FOR THE STORMWATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT? DOES IT SHOW THAT EASILY ON THE BILL? >> IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SHOW LAST YEAR'S. AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE LAST YEAR'S BILL AND THEN THIS YEAR BILL TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE. >> THIS WAS 2019, AND THEN I HAVE 2020. I MARKED THERE THE INCREASE. LIKE I SAID, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE STORMWATER. I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL HOW THE INCREASE WE PAID $632 MORE IN 2020. THAT'S A HUGE JUMP. >>ORLANDO GUDES: LET ME SAY THIS YOUNG LADY. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOE TH ISSUE TODAY. BUT I WILL REFER YOU, IF YOU CONTACT MY OFFICE, WE'LL GET YOU IN TOUCH WITH ONE OF OUR CITY PERSONNEL TO TALK WITH YOU AND LOOK AT THAT BILL TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. THAT WAY WE CAN HELP YOU FURTHER, VERSUS WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. CAN'T SEE IT AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. IF YOU CONTACT MY OFFICE, I PROMISE YOU WE'LL GET SOMEBODY TO CONTACT YOU TO GET SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT YOUR BILLS AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, ALL RIGHT? >> I AGREE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO COMMENT ON SOMETHING OTHER THA THIS. IT'S NOT ABOUT THIS HEARING, A LOT OF TIMES THIS VACANT LAND AND SOMEBODY PUTS A BUILDING ON IT, IF YOU HAVE VACANT LAND, THE COST GOES UP ON THE APPRAISAL, SO YOUR LAND VALUE GOES UP. THAT COULD BE PART OF THE PROBLEM. BUT HOWEVER, IN STORMWATER, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO BUILT SOMETHING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY COVER THE WHOLE FRONT YARD WITH EITHER PAVERS OR SOLID CONCRETE AND THERE'S WHERE THE STORMWATER THING WILL SHOOT RIGHT UP. >>ORLANDO GUDES: DIDN'T KNOW THAT. LEARNED SOMETHING TODAY. >>JAN McLEAN: JAN McLEAN, AGAIN,Y TO MR. DINGFELDER'S INQUIRY WITH REGARD TO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RATE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. QUICKLY CHECKED WITH STAFF. THE RATE FOR AN ESU FOR THE IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT LAST YEAR WAS $82.74. AS I INDICATED FOR THIS YEAR, IT IS $89.55. SO I WAS INCORRECT. IT WENT FROM APPROXIMATELY $7 INCREASE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. >>BILL CARLSON: JUST TO TALK ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES IN GENERAL, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD DIRECT PEOPLE ALSO TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. IF SOMEONE OWNS NON-HOMESTEADED PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY OWN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, IT GOES UP IN VALUE EVERY YEAR. EVEN THOUGH WE KEEP THE RATES THE SAME, BECAUSE THEIR PROPERTY VALUE IS GOING UP. I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN MY OFFICE ABOUT THAT. ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO HAS A QUESTION LIKE THAT, MAYBE CONTACT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. THE GOOD THING IS YOUR PROPERTY VALUE IS GOING UP. >>LANDGUDE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, 84, ON THE SECOND FLOOR? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTRED TO SPEAK? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO HAS MOVED THE RESOLUTION. MR. CITRO HAS SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANOUSL >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED TO CLOSE THE HEARING. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? GENTLEMEN, I SAID 12:15. I BELIEVE WE CAN GET THROUGH ITEM NUMBER 85. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. PATRICK, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A NON-AD VALOREM SPECIAL STREETLIGHT ASSESSMT FOR THE WEST SAN JOSE STREET IN SUNSET PARK ISLES AND APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR. I BELIEVE ATTORNEY MARTINO IS ON THE LINE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >> ANTHONY MARTINO, RESIDENT OF THE WEST SAN JOSE COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN PROMOTING THE UNDERGROUND UTILITY AND CONVERSION TO STREETLIGHTS, WHICH NEEDS A RESOLUTION TOASS WITH THE CITY, ADOPTING NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT ROLL, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY STAFF, I BELIEVE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANY QUESTIONS, GENTLEMEN? >> LIKE TO ADD ALSO, COUNCILMEN, WE HAVE 100% WRITTEN COMMITMENTS FROM ALL 50 LOT OWNERS FOR THIS PROJECT. SO WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY CONCERNS OR OBJECTIONS TO GOING FORWARD AT THIS TIME. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED FOR THIS ITEM. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE WE MOVE TO CLOSE, MR. SHELBY? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS ONE YOU CAN CLOSE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. MARTINO AND YOUR COMPATRIOT THERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE? SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO. ROLL CALL. MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED. >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WAS THAT MOVE TO CLOSE OR THE RESOLUTION? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU CAN CLOSE THIS ONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WAS THERE A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO CLOSE? I DIDN'T HEAR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THERE WAS NOT A VOTE. >> MAY I ASK, IS THERE AN APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION? WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE TODAY THE RESOLUTION SO THAT THE MAYOR CAN SIGN IT. WE HAVE A SCHEDULE -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET, SIR. GIVE US A MOMENT. WE MOVED TO CLOSE IT BUT WE DIDN'T MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU DIDN'T VOTE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: DIDN'T VOTE ON THE CLOSE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE. MR. MIRANDA MOVED TO CLOSE. MR. MANISCALCO HAS SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >> COUNCIL, ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? CAN WE KEEP THE HEARING OPEN WHILE WE VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO REOPEN. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: WE'LL DO IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, WHERE SHOULD WE BE AT THIS POINT? >>MARTIN SHELBY: AT THIS POINT, IT MAKES TO REOPEN IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT? >>ORLANDO GUDES: OPEN THE HEARING WITH MR. MANISCALCO, MR. DINGFELDER SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOVE THE RESOLUTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER MOVED THE RESOLUTION. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MARTINHELB NOW SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVE TO CLOSE. MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, MR. MARTINO. >> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 1:30. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] THANK YOU. [RECESS]